WORDS OF WISDOM Charles Sykes is the author of DUMBING DOWN OUR KIDS. It was Charles who volunteered for high school and college graduates a list of things they did not learn in school. Rule…
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PILOTS & CHOPITS The chief of staff of the US Air Force decided that he would personally intervene in the recruiting crisis affecting all of our armed services. So, he directed that a nearby Air…
EASIEST JOB INTERVIEW IN THE WORLD It started during a casual conversation over dinner with my friend Jim, when I mentioned wanting to find more meaningful work. Jim said he knew of an organization that…
WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE BANK This letter is an extract from the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia: My Dear Bank Manager, I am writing to thank you for bouncing the cheque with which I endeavored to…
CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT For many years a country church in Iowa set aside one Sunday annually for youth to conduct the entire service. The young people did it all: call to worship, invocation, prayer, special music,…
DREAM INGREDIENTS Many of the characters in the Bible were dreamers. They envisioned themselves doing what they were able to do with the help of God. Perhaps they dreamed alone, but I would like to…
GOD'S DREAMERS Caleb dreamed of Canaan /While slaving in a foreign land. While building tombs for Egyptians He thought of wonders God had planned. He dreamed of conquering cities While others made castles in the…
POLITICS & FAMILY LIFE We need a better family life to make us better servants of the people. So those of you living in sin, I hope you get married. And those of you who…
HAUNTED BY THE BIBLE No matter how secular our culture becomes, it will remain drenched in the Bible. Since we will be haunted by the Bible even if we don't know it, doesn't it make…
PATRIOTIC PURSUIT Read the "Declaration of Independence" to your children as a tradition every Fourth of July. Make sure they understand why the word "pursuit" precedes the word "happiness." -- Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos, 35,…
LARRY KING ON FREE BASEBALL America would be a better place if children could attend major-league baseball games free. -- Larry King Larry King, 65, talk-show host, as quoted in "Big Ideas for a Better…
JESUS 2000 Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and Y2K.
LADY LIED TO MOM A little girl was watching her mother apply some facial cream when she asked her mother what that stuff was that she was putting onto her face. Her mother answered, "This…
SPECIAL WALKING WATER A mother was watching her four-year-old child playing outside in a small plastic pool half filled with water. He was happily walking back and forth across the pool, making big splashes. Suddenly,…
DATING DINOSAUR BONES Some tourists in the Chicago Museum of Natural History were marveling at the dinosaur bones. One of them asked the guard, "Can you tell me how old the dinosaur bones are?" The…
A NEW ARM FOR M R. POTATO HEAD Mr. Potato Head is lying in a hospital bed as the doctor shows him an array of prosthetics and tells him that there is a wide selection…
REASON FOR GRACE For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them. -- Saint Augustine
FAITH IN FORGIVENESS Forgiveness is an act of faith. By forgiving another, I am trusting that God is a better justice-maker than I am. By forgiving, I release my own right to get even and…
LONG-TERM LOTTERY State governments watched the gambling phenomenon make certain cities rich and finally decided to claim some of the riches themselves. They started with some rather lucrative lotteries and continued to increase the winnings…
DUAL PURPOSE OBITUARY A woman from the deepest, most southern part of Alabama goes into the local newspaper office to see that the obituary for her recently deceased husband is written. The obit editor informs…
