DEATH LOST ITS STINGER IN THE CROSS Have any of you ever had a honeybee for a pet? Why not? A honeybee is very pretty, and it makes some very delicious food. Dogs and cats…
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SHADOWS HAVE NO POWER Death is but a shadow -- the shadow of death -- as the Psalmist David wrote. There are those timid souls who are known to be afraid of their own shadows.…
NOT A CHRISTIAN SONG The supreme mantra from the ancient Indian Vedic literature contains sixteen words: "Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna, Krsna, Krsna, Hare, Hare, Hare Ram, Hare Rama, Rama, Hare." Again, from their writings,…
JOYOUS MARTYRS Alban Butler's book, Lives of the Saints, gives numerous accounts of victorious martyrs. Here are a few of the many that typify the joy in their suffering: In A.D. 203, five young people…
SECOND COMING DELAY Another day, and Jesus has not come! Why does He tarry? Perhaps that we may carry The news of His first coming Unto some Who have not heard, Who have not yet…
ATHEISTS CAN'T SING When the famous atheist Robert Ingersol died, the family requested that there be no songs at the funeral. What would they have sung? What hope did they have to sing about?
MUSIC AND FACING DEATH An elderly missionary lay motionless on her deathbed as her nine children gathered solemnly around her. Her life had been a long and beautiful example of dedication and sacrifice. All of…
I SHALL RETURN On the morning of December 7, 1941 the Japanese not only bombed Pearl Harbor. They also launched a fierce attack on the Philippines. At Clark Air Base 18 of 35 Flying Fortresses…
CAN DO! The "I AM" inspires an "I CAN"!
REALITY OF WORDS It's an age of paradox when we have mobile homes that don't move, sports clothes for work, junk food that costs more than the real food, and sweat shirts to loaf in.…
SIMPLICITY OF FAULT-FINDING Nothing is easier than fault-finding. No talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the grumbling business.
THOSE WHO KEEP THEIR HEADS If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible that you haven't grasped the situation. By Jean Kerr
THE GREATER DISCOVERY We know about George Washington Carver and all he did for the peanut, but we have no idea who first put jelly with the peanut butter to make the perfect sandwich.
VISION PLUS ACTION VISION without action is just dreams. ACTION without VISION is just wasting time. VISION plus ACTION will change the world. By Dr. Donald Covey, Superintendent of Schools, Phoenix, Arizona
DESTRUCTION WELCOMED A pleasure-mad society needs to take a lesson from the Sanguin ants and their affair with the Golden-Haired Beetle. "Their normal diet is plain, often to the point of austerity, but they love…
A THING OF BEAUTY The football kicker put his toe into the ball as the clock wound down to zero. The ball took off on a sinking line-drive which resembled a water-fowl with muscle spasms.…
HUMOR OPENS DOORS Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything. From Leadership Is An Art, by Max de Pree, published by Doubleday
BEFORE THE WAKE UP CALL How is it that at a hotel when you want to sleep, they want to make up the room at seven in the morning And when you want to check…
DISAPPOINTMENT IS HIS APPOINTMENT Disappointment - His appointment, Change one letter, then I see That the thwarting of my purpose Is God's better choice for me.
PREFERENTIAL POSTPONEMENTS How come the threat of bad weather postpones more yard chores than golf games? Adapted from Doug Larson, United Feature Syndicate
