ADVICE is like kissing, it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do. Bruce Rowlison, Presbyterian Church, Gilroy, CA.
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SATISFYING Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund. F. J. Raymond
WISDOM It's what you learn after you know it all that really counts. Heard on St. Elsewhere
RICHES A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can affor to let alone. Henry Thoreau
THE RICH Don't knock the rich. When was the last time you were hired by somebody poor? Robert Orben
FLAWS Better a diamond with a flaw, than a pebble without. Confucius
CHRISTMAS GREATNESS Do you see that old man lying there in purple, on that box of solid gold? Two days ago he was alive, if you can call it that: tumors in his feet, spasms,…
CREEPING ON THE PROMISES I found the following item in The Bread Line, newsletter of the Colby Presbyterian Church, Colby, Kansas over the signature of my former colleague Steve Wing. In the early days of…
WITNESS The following is from a book by Carl Lawrence entitled, The Church in China, (Bethany House Publishers, 1985): She was only nineteen at the time when her crumpled body was roughly thrown into the…
GETTING STARTED TOWARDS PEACE Ramsey MacDonald, one-time Prime Minister of England, was discussing with another government official the possibility of lasting peace. The latter, an expert on foreign affairs was unimpressed by the Prime Minister's…
A LARGER PERSPECTIVE There were several stories that Corrie [Ten Boom] used for all audiences. She never assumed that everyone in an audience had made a real commitment to Jesus, no matter where she was.…
PERSPECTIV E. Three people were visiting and viewing the Grand Canyon -- an artist, a pastor and a cowboy. As they stood on the edge of that massive abyss, each one responded with a cry…
NO RESURRECTION KNOW? Shall man alone, for whom all else revives, No resurrection know? Shall man alone, Imperial man! be sown in barren ground. Less privileged than grain, on which he feeds? Edward Long
RUSSIAN PROVERB Pray to God, but row for the shore.
EDWIN KEITH Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God.
CLOSING PRAYER These are the gifts I ask of thee, Spirit serene -- strength for the daily task; Courage to face the road; Good cheer to help me bear the traveler's load And for the…
PERSPECTIVE -- IRREGULAR VERBS The game of "Irregular Verbs" or "Conjugations" was created quite a few years ago by philosopher Bertrand Russell on the BBC program Brains Trust when he declined "I am firm," (see…
A PLETHORA OF IMITATIONS In the early 30's the rage was imitating Charlie Chaplin's 'Little Tramp.' Stanley Laurel was given his start as an actor after winning such a contest. The most prestigious contest was…
LIMITED HANDICAP She was old in years but young in spirit. Although she got around on crutches and sometimes in a wheelchair, she was a dynamo. She ran a highly successful real estate business, served…
POISE That ability to keep talking while someone else picks up the check. Land O' Lakes Mirror
