Mother's Reward You are the trip I did not take, You are the pearls I cannot buy. You are my blue Italian lake, You are my piece of foreign sky. You are my Honolulu moon. You are the book I...
Humor, especially in the pulpit, can be tricky, but often worth the risk in order to connect with your congregation. You can buy books that have all the variations of humor, but there are three broad ...
How does one approach the final sermons in a church before resignation? After having to deal with this challenge a few times, let me make a few observations. ...
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a lot more if I had been understood." (Clarence Darrow) ...
Dear Ann Landers: "Please come home early." This was the most unreasonable request ever made by my wife of almost 40 years. She didn't make this request often. It came mostly on Saturdays, ...
In the 1830's Alexis de Tocqueville toured America. When his tour had been completed, he made this observation (and I paraphrase): I have toured America, and I have seen most of what you offer. I've s...
Here are some comments you'll probably never hear at church: 1. Hey! It's my turn to sit in the front pew. 2. I was so enthralled, I never noticed your sermon went 25 minutes over time. 3. Personall...
A city boy, Morris, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day. The next day, the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry, but I ...
A.W. Tozer describes the impact of the Fall on worship in a poetic and poignant way: "Man was made to worship God. God gave to man a harp and said, 'Here above all the creatures that I have made and c...
I have heard that if a rattlesnake is cornered, it can become so frenzied that it will accidentally bite itself with its deadly fangs. In the same way, when a person harbors hatred and resentm...
Handling the Bumps I was driving down a bumpy country road when I saw a bag of cement beside the road. It appeared to have fallen off a delivery truck as it hit one of the bumps in the rough road. B...
Adrian Rogers recently wrote, "Nothing can separate you from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus your Lord. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor ...
Since 2003, John Ortberg has served as senior pastor of the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California....
A woman gets pulled over by a police officer and.... Woman: "Is there a problem, Officer?" Officer: "Ma'am, you were speeding." Woman: "Oh, I see." Officer: "Can I see your license please?" Woman: "I'...
What do you do when experience teaches that you cannot win for losing?...
Jake was dying, and his wife, Becky, was maintaining a candlelight vigil by his side. She held his fragile hand, tears running down her face. Her praying roused him from his slumber. He looked up and ...
The other day I was in Paul Harvey's studio in Chicago as he was making his broadcast. Paul said, "It's time for me to go on the air; but why don't you join me in the studio? It's live, you know." I w...
In a recent column, Chuck Colson talked about the prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq and how it could have happened: "As I've tried to figure out how this travesty occurred, I've considered my own experie...