TINY DESTRUCTION A few years ago there was an enormous pine tree that grew in mountains of Colorado. Many believed it was probably a seedling when Columbus discovered America. It was only half-grown when the…
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RECORD- BREAKING LOVE Robert Ripley, of "Believe it or Not" fame, told of the world's longest love letter. He declared that the longest, as well as simplest, love letter ever written was the work of…
MOUTH SHUT WISDOM Wisdom is the ability to keep your mouth shut while your mind continues to talk to itself.
PLAN TO FAIL If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Growth happens only in churches that plan for growth... ...Spontaneous growth is a pleasant dream. Sometimes it happens, but not very frequently. Planning…
MAILING LIST IMMORTALITY I 'll always be remembered, Wherever I may roam, My presence will be noted, My whereabouts be known. I'll never be abandoned, Deserted or dismissed. My name will live forever I'm on…
Attitude | Change | Changes | Future | Humor | Inflation | Investments | Money | Perspective | Value
FUTURE INVESTMENTS Investment analysts are telling the story of the fellow who bumped his head and went into a 20- year coma. Awaking refreshed and clearheaded in 2007, the first thing he did was to…
DECEIT TRAP O what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive! By Sir Walter Scott
LEADERS WHO MOVE PEOPLE General Charles Gordon once asked Li Hung Chang, an old Chinese leader, a double question: "What is leadership?" and "How is humanity divided?" He received this cryptic answer: "There are only…
YOU DIDN'T GET ONE? God called St. Peter into the head office of Heaven one day and told him that they needed to get a count of everyone who would be coming to Heaven in…
COMPARISON CONSIDERED Comparison is the root of all dissatisfaction. Comparison is the defeat of all joy.
MOST IMPORTANT LUGGAGE A group of soldiers were released from a prison camp at the end of World War II. There was little transportation, and it looked like the weather would cut off the port…
OCCASIONS TO SERVE GOD Great occasions for serving God come seldom. Little ones surround us daily. By Bob Russell
GALLUP POLLS ON CONVICTION "We want the fruits of religion, but not the obligations," said Gallup. "We revere the Bible, but don't read it... We believe the Ten Commandments to be valid rules for living,…
IMMATURE ADULT MOVIES A pretty good case can be made that the "adult movies" for "mature audiences" actually are designed to attract only the most juvenile customers. In an age when every conceivable subgroup of…
OCEAN OF EMOTION Love is an ocean of emotion in a sea of expense. From Pastor's Conference Notes, 1990
DEMONIC DELUSIONS There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive…
THE FRIENDSHIP ACCOUNT Friendship is like a bank account, you can't continue to draw on it without making deposits.
HEAVE QUIETLY Found in a Magnolia, NC, Church bulletin: "If you choose to heave during the Postlude, please do so quietly so as not to interrupt those remaining for worship and meditation."
CLICK THAT MOUSE "It wasn't my goof, of course, but while I was trying to explain to a highly paid senior executive how to use a mouse by clicking on the appropriate icon, he picked…
TWO WAYS TO SPREAD LIGHT "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." By Edith Wharton
