WRONG JOBS A sea captain and his chief engineer were arguing over who was most important to the ship. To prove their point to each other, they decided to swap places. The chief engineer ascended to the bridge, and the captain went to the engine room. Several hours later, the captain suddenly appeared on deck …
WHO WE ARE Here is a segment from South African President Nelson Mandela’s inaugural address in 1994. It may require some editing depending on your venue: Our deepest fear is that we are not inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens …
TEAMWORK ACCOMPLISHED Stephen Schey and Walt Kallestad present a means of accomplishing teamwork in the following manner: Training- keeping up with current skills and techniques; Empowering- permission to take risks to provide solutions; Assisting- removing obstacles and barriers to the process; Motivation- linking purpose with activity; Winning Attitude-resolving conflict in positive and creative ways; Optimized …
We must all use the gifts that we have. The woods will be silent if only the best birds sing. From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
USING TIME Time is a strange concept. We can’t stop it-not even if we unplug every clock and break every watch in the world. And we can’t really save it. No one has ever stared death in the face and said, “Excuse me, but by my records, I’ve saved over 72 hours in my life. …
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JIGSAW CHRISTIANS We as members of the body of Christ can be compared to the pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. Each piece has protrusions and indentations. The protrusions represent our strengths (gifts, talents, abilities) and the indentations represent our weaknesses (faults, lack, shortcomings, undevelopment). The beautiful thing is that the pieces complement one another. My …
CHANGING TO THE WAY IT WAS What is taking place in the church today is not a fad. It is not even a trend. It is much more significant than either one, and its impact will be dramatic and far- reaching. The changes being introduced in the church through the identification and expression of spiritual …
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AVAILABILITY IS SUITABILITY Moses said he was, “Slow of speech;” Jeremiah said he was “too young;” Amos said, “I am no prophet;” Mary said, “How can this be?;” Peter said he was, “too sinful;” the centurion said he was “not worthy;” Paul said, “I know that nothing good lives in me.” Today, it is our …
YOUR PROFESSION Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on earth to do. With such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling. By Vincent Van Gogh
NO CONFUSION ON FUSION The word “fusion” refers to a coalescence of materials, a blending of them together, so that they form a unit. It comes from a Latin word which means “to melt” and, hence, really points to what we would call welding–the heating of metals until they run together so that, when cooled, …
SORTS OF INTELLIGENCE I pride myself on being intelligent, but you have no idea how stupid I can be in some areas. I could have lived a thousand years and not devised the first bridge, or possibly even the first wheel — or painted the first bird, or played the first lyre, or conceived the …
GOD HELPS PEOPLE Christianity has as one of its most effective talking points the idea that God exists to help people to get ahead in this world. From Man: The Dwelling Place of God, A. W. Tozer
ALFRED THE BUNNY Natalie Koltz, an eighth grader in our school, wrote the following story and shared it with the student body on Student Appreciation Day. I felt it was one of the best stories I had heard in a long time on stressing our self-image and to appreciate the gifts God has given to …
FARMERS OR POETS No race can prosper until it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling the field as in writing a poem. From Up from Slavery, by Booker T. Washington
MONEY FOR THE FOOLISH Riches are the least worthy gifts which God can give people. What are they compared to God’s Word, to bodily gifts such as beauty and health or to the gifts of the mind such as understanding, skill and wisdom? Yet people toil for them day and night, and take no rest. …
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