THE BEST THINGS ARE NOT THINGS The best things in life aren't things. -- Art Buchwald
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HARMONY NEEDS DIVERSITY You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Doug Floyd in Spokane, Washington
ANNOYING ATTITUDES A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. -- Herm Albright
THE MISER OF MARSEILLES There is a legend about how, years ago, there was an old man who used to walk the streets of that seaport town whom they called "The Miser of Marseilles." He…
THERE IS NO HURRY The parable of the procrastinator is retold in Currents, wherein three devils try to conquer the world: "The first devil went around proclaiming the message, 'There is no God!' But even…
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RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OR METHODIST CHURCHES A homeless man who attends our church was recently cited for Jay walking. He appear in the court and was given a twenty-five dollar fine. Since he had no money,…
CYNICISM OR YOUTH The day a person becomes a cynic is the day he loses his youth. -- Marvin D. Levy
A HABIT I S"...a habit is... the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire. From The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979, pg. 47
O.J. SIMPSON AND THE GREENER GRASS I sit in my house and sometimes I get so lonely it's unbelievable life has been so good to me. I've got a great wife, good kids, money, my…
WHAT A MAN IS Up to a point a man's life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his…
INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION The two words information and communication are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. By Sydney J. Harris from North America Syndicate
AGNOSTIC SUNDAY SCHOOL Tommy angrily returned home from Sunday School, and vowed to his mother that he would never go back. His shocked mother asked what had happened to turn him from Sunday School.Tommy snapped…
OUR WORST NIGHTMARE One of the young mothers in our congregation took her children to Washington D.C. for vacation this year. One of their memorable moments was in the National Museum. It seems that Mom…
CHURCH ANALOGIES The church is the glue that keeps us together when we disagree. It is the gasoline that keeps us going during tough times. It is the guts that enables us to take risks…
PEACEFUL MURDER Texas State Representative Keith Oakley isn't popular these days. He wants a state referendum on whether to allow citizens to carry concealed weapons. He got a phone call recently. "A guy with Peaceable…
CIRCUS SAINT He may be a saint, but if he is, he was canonized by the Wringling Brothers Circus
IS IT RIGHT? Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expedience asks the question, "Is it political?" Vanity asks, "Is it popular?" But conscience asks the question, "Is it right?" There comes a time when…
THE BIGGER TEAM Just received my September issue of Parables Etc. and thank you so very much. You continue to do an excellent job with this publication and I want to encourage you to "keep…
A CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION FOR SOCIETY President Calvin Coolidge said, "The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teaching of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if…
DEFINITION OF LOVE M. Scott Peck in his book, The Road Less Traveled, gives a definition of love that I think really hits the nail on the head. Here's how he defines love: "Love is…
