THE LONGER CALCULATION Thomas Edison had a unique way of hiring engineers. He'd give the applicant a light bulb and ask, "How much water will it hold?" There are two ways to find the answer.…
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COMMITMENT ALTERNATIVES The recently released movie City of Joy tells the story of a young, disillusioned doctor Max, played by Patrick Swayze, who goes on a worldwide journey to "find himself" and discover new direction…
STRUGGLE WITH A BULB Often the little things in life trip us up. A tragic example is an Eastern Airlines jumbo jet that crashed in the Everglades of Florida. The plane was the now famous…
BOLD BURGLAR A burglar settled in for a week after breaking into a doctor's house. He soaked himself in the Jacuzzi, sipped wine, raided the refrigerator, and outfitted himself in new clothes, the police said.…
CATS TAKE HOPE When the country goes temporarily to the dogs, cats must learn to be circumspect, walk on fences, sleep in trees, and have faith that all this woofing is not the last word.…
REMEMBER JESUS The theologian, Nels Ferre, died a few years ago. Until age thirteen Nels lived with his poor family in Norway. They could not afford to educate their children. An aunt and uncle in…
COMPLAINTS OF FARMERS The skepticism of farmers are proverbial. They complain if it rains, and they complain if it doesn't rain. One preacher had listened to this for years. One season there was such a…
RIGHTEOUSNESS IS DANGEROUS Sin doesn't harm us as much as our own righteousness. Martin Luther
FRESH TOMORROW I stopped in a bake shop at closing time and ordered a batch of sugar cookies. The young clerk politely said she couldn't sell them because they were frozen. "Frozen?" "Yes," she replied,…
THE RIGHT TRACK Even if you're on the right track, you're going to get run over if you sit there. Will Rogers
READING IS NOT ENOUGH There was an intellectual fellow who loved to read. He read everything he could find about philosophy and he became a philosopher. He read everything he could read about mathematics and…
CHURCH GROWTH IDEAS Growing a church isn't really all that hard. Bill Adler wrote a book several years ago entitled, Dear Pastor. Bill's book is a humorous collection of letters that have been sent to…
YOUNG AND STUPID Scott Starr of Canfield, Ohio is the winner of the Auto Sound Invitational Challenge. People say the 20- speaker stereo system in his mini van will hurt his ears. His response: "They…
PRICED TO NOT SELL The man pulled into a service station in the deep south, walked to a soda machine, and stared at the sign which said, $2.00. "$2.00 for a soda," he said, "that's…
PRODUCTIVE PROMISES A man became rich by deception. He invented a medicine that he manufactured in a barnyard. The medicine contained no healing ingredients. It was worthless. Despite this fact, advertisements claimed that the medicine…
ABLE INTERFERENCE Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden, They Call Me Coach
SPARROW'S ANSWER Said the Robin to the Sparrow: "I shall really like to know, Why these anxious human beings, Rush about and worry so?" Said the Sparrow to the Robin: "Friend, I think that it…
GOD DOES NOT DIE He does not die by assassination. He does not die by rejection. He does not die by denial. He does not die by old age. He does not die by cancer.…
LOOKS SELL You take two products with the same function, the same quality and the same price: the better-looking one will outsell the other. Raymond Loewy, Leadership Quotes
HANGOVERS IN IRAQ The early civilizations in what is now Iraq provided an early description of drunkenness and also a hangover cure. "If a man has taken strong wine, his head is affected and he…
