BEST THING IS TIME The best thing to spend on your children is your time. -- Arnold Glasow
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CHILDREN TEACH US OUR IGNORANCE A person soon learns how little he knows when a child begins to ask questions. -- Richard L. Evans
SUICIDE NOT AN OPTION Martin Luther King Jr's daughter speaking of her contemplated suicide: "Suicide is not an option any more; I thank the Lord for that. No matter how bad it gets, it's always…
LOVE PARAPHRASED (1 CORINTHIANS 13) Eloquent speech and gifted tongues, are unpleasant sounds of clanging percussion... without love; Prophecy and powerful demonstrations of faith, are nothing... without love; Great acts of giving or even of…
MAJOR BASEBALL DIFFERENCES Little League baseball is just like the Majors, except the players are smaller... and more mature. -- Jon B. Grant
CRITICISM POLICY Due to the increasing use of criticism around our church, we feel it necessary to determine some policy for the use of criticism that will be more productive for us all. If possible,…
THE VILLAGE WELL When told that most North American women had water piped into their homes, a Nigerian woman grew somber. "How do the women speak to one another? If I didn't talk with the…
FINE LINE CALLED THE RIO GRANDE A Texan was visiting South of the border, when he heard a Mexican say, "Loco Gringo!" "You have to remember," he replied' "that there's a fine line between genius…
LIGHT OF FRIENDSHIP The light of friendship is like the light of phosphorous, seen plainest when all around it is dark. -- Brandon Crowley
ANGEL SONG WORDS Kind words have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which lost its way and came to earth. -- Thomas a Kempis
SMILES IN ENGLISH Some years ago, Dr. John O. Riedl, dean of the Marquette University graduate school, was working for the American State Department in Germany, and was living with his wife and children in…
LAUGHTER IS A BRIDGE Laughter is the shortest distance between people. By Victor Borge, as quoted by Vivian Brown of Associated Press
WITHOUT US THEY ARE LOST During the final week of July 1997, the city of Fort Collins, Colorado was inundated with thunder showers to the extent that the ground was saturated with water, and the…
RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONS Leo Buscaglia in his book Loving Each Other, says, "Always start a relationship by asking: Do I have ulterior motives for wanting to relate to this person? Is my caring conditional? Am I…
CELIBATE OR CELEBRATE The pope died and went to heaven. He met St. Peter at the gates of heaven who explained the many resources and options of heaven. The pope was most interested in the…
READY TO SAVE LIVES Caroline Hebard is devoted to saving lives. She is part of the U.S. Disaster Response Team. She is trained to go at a moment's notice to scenes of natural disasters and…
ANGELS WITHOUT RUFFLED FEATHERS It's easy to be an angel as long as nobody ruffles your feathers.
MORE WATER PREACHING A pastor received the following note from a member that had been encouraged by the preaching: "You can't imagine what your preaching meant to me. It was like water for somebody who's…
SIGHT TO WALK There is an old Sufi story about a blind man and a crippled man who stumbled into each other in a forest. They were both lost, and they struck up a conversation,…
FORTUNATE AFRICAN CHILDREN A missionary was addressing a Sunday School class of young boys. The missionary was describing life in Africa: "In Africa, there are very few Sunday Schools and churches, and most boys and…
