WORKPLACE PERSPECTIVE Differences Between You And Your Boss: If you take a long time, you're slow. BUT if your boss takes a long time, he's thorough. If you don't do it, you're lazy. BUT if…
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BIAS OF SCHOLARS The rejection as unhistorical of all passages which narrate miracles is sensible if we start by knowing that the miraculous . . . never occurs. Now, I do not want here to…
ONE VISITING DAY He was looking forward to this moment all day long, after 6 days of labor and it finally arrived - Visiting Day! The man with the keys arrived to swing open the…
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HARD DRESS TO IRON A little girl went up to the front of the church to listen to the pastor's children's sermon. The pastor gathered the children around himself and noticed the beautiful new dress…
TEN THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY Don Maddox sent us the following "thoughts for the day" in a list of twenty. We ran a check on back issues and found that we had already used ten…
WHAT IF GOD HAD VOICE MAIL? We have all learned to live with voice mail as a necessary part of modern life. But have you ever wondered what it would be like if God decided…
THUMB-SUCKING & PREGNANCY A boy had reached four without giving up the habit of sucking his thumb, though his mother had tried everything from bribery to reasoning to painting it with lemon juice in her…
AIRLINES & HARDWARE STORES Buying paint from a hardware store: Customer: Hi, how much is your paint? Clerk: We have regular quality for $12 a gallon and premium for $18. How many gallons would you…
DILBERT PRINCIPLE The following is a portion of an article by Scott Adams, the creator of the cartoon, "Dilbert." The article, "The Dilbert Principle" from The Wall Street Journal, Monday, May 22, 1995, describes the…
HUSBAND ROLE A little girl and a little boy were at day care one day. The girl approaches the boy and says, "Hey Stevie, wanna play house?" He says, "Sure! What do you want me…
CHOCOLATE BUNNIES DO HAVE EARS Around the time of Easter at a Weight Watchers meeting, a member announced proudly that this was the first Easter ever that her children realized that chocolate Easter bunnies came…
EGGS TO DYE FOR A little girl and her mother were coloring Easter eggs. They carefully chose the dyes that they would use to color the eggs. Then they placed the boiled eggs into the…
DOING WHAT THE SIGN SAYS Along the North Scranton Expressway in Pennsylvania, the message on the 14 foot x 48 foot sign attached to the billboard was clear: "Bring in this ad and you'll get…
STOP FIRST As an instructor in driver education at Unionville-Sebewaing Area High School in Michigan, I've learned that even the brightest students can become flustered behind the wheel. One day I had three beginners in…
ALMOST IDENTICAL ANSWERS Two young engineers applied for a single position at a computer company. They both had the same qualifications. In order to determine which individual to hire, the applicants were asked to take…
A QUIET EASTER SERVICE A college professor told of an experience confirming the need for a place of solitude: It seems a group of students were holding a campus sunrise service the week before their…
A TOUGH CONGREGANT The King from the Wizard of Id is walking out of Church and talking to the preacher. The preacher asks, "Did you enjoy the Easter service, sire" The King says, "You call…
FAITHFUL TO THE DEATH Bishop Ndoracimpa, Bishop of the Burundi Conference, returned to Burundi after his Annual Mission journey only to find his own country in as much turmoil as the neighboring country of Rwanada.…
THE WAY GOD SEES US Lord, I come to You by faith in what You have said that You would do for me. I know that as You look down from heaven, there is only…
MAUNDY THURSDAY As a Christian, I consider the most important day of the church year to be not Easter, not Christmas, but Maundy Thursday. For the meaningfulness of this day I am indebted to a…
