PAINT THE WORLD It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it. -- Steven Wright From Internet address:
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IDIOTIC DOCTORS The New England Journal of Medicine reports that nine out of ten doctors agree that one out of ten doctors is an idiot. -- Jay Leno From Internet address:
SOLOMONIC SOCIETAL SOLUTION? Solution to two of the world's problems: Feed the homeless to the hungry. From Internet address:
POSITIVE FAILURE Don't keep a negative attitude, such as "I will not succeed, I will not succeed." Instead, keep a positive attitude: "I WILL fail. I WILL fail." From Internet address:
MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU ARE Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson From Internet address:
SPEED OF TIME The speed of time is one second per second. From Internet address:
JUSTICE FOR ALL OTHERS Everybody wants to see justice done, to somebody else. -- Bruce Cockburn From Internet address:
JEWISH PRAYER SERVICES Another topic for satire among the Orthodox Jews is the talking that goes on during synagogue services. The Sabbath morning prayer service is long; in many congregations, it lasts for three hours…
PHILOSOPHICAL PERPLEXITIES: Do vegetarians eat animal crackers? Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds? Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes? Have you…
OYSTER STEW SOLUTION In her delightful book, First We Have Coffee, Margaret Jensen tells about growing up with Scandinavian immigrant parents in the pastoral ministry early in this century in the mid-northwest. Her Papa had…
BORN WITHOUT A SMILE A baby was born who physically could not smile. She had a birth defect, born without the necessary nerves and muscles in her face that enable the rest of us to…
PAYING THE PRICE John Conley talks about the admiration we all have for great musicians. Sometimes, we might say, "I'd give anything to play like that." What we mean is "I wish I could wake…
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS Followers have changed: a) they want to know why and why not, b) there are fewer loyalists and more non- conformists, c) they are less willing to follow with blind devotion, sacrifice and…
ADVICE FOR WRITERS This writer's poll was taken from the Internet. It has some good advice on writing, many of which can be applied to sermon preparation and such... The results of this poll will…
GOING HOME by Ralph Waldo Emerson Good-bye, proud world! I'm going home: Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine. Long through thy weary crowds I roam; A river-ark on the ocean brine, Long…
CHRISTIANS AND SUFFERING Malcolm Muggeridge wrote in A Twentieth Century Testimony: I can say with complete truthfulness that everything I have learned in my seventy-five years in this world, everything that has truly enhanced and…
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NEITZSCHE ON CHRISTIANITY When one gives up the Christian faith, one pulls the right to Christian morality out from under one's feet. This morality is by no means self-evident. Christianity is a system, a whole…
GRACE'S GIVING Grace was a retired school lunch room employee who lived on a very fixed income. And Grace tithed. Not only did Grace tithe, but she gave much more than the "second mile" giving.…
CLOSE TO GOD & MEN Ted Adams, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia, had a son, also Ted, who decided he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and go into the…
HUMAN EXPERIENCE We're not human beings having a spiritual experience; we're spiritual beings have a human experience. From a sign seen by a friend John Boggs
