Harold Sherman quite awhile ago, wrote a book entitled How to Turn Failure Into Success. In it he gives a "Code of Persistence." If you give up too easily, write this down and read it daily. 1. I will...
According to the Associated Press, a real estate tycoon named Ronald Bergeron, who was known for his love of nature, tried to show off for visitors by riding on the back of an eight foot alligator. ...
Joe McKeever
Listen as the congregation files out of the sanctuary on Sunday, and you'll hear the common refrain: "I didn't get anything out of ___ [fill-in-the-blank] ___."...
An informed biblical worldview supports pluralism, democracy, and freedom. Christians should neither tolerate coercive secularization of the government, nor should they aim to establish a theocracy....
Can you believe it? The head of a baby Jesus statue was knocked off and carried away by vandals. It happened in Wauwatosa, Wis., at Saint Joseph's Catholic Church. The church members understandably ar...
It's hard to admit a mistake. But I'm not the only one with this problem. Once when Frederick II, an eighteenth-century King of Prussia, went on an inspection tour of a Berlin prison, he was greeted ...
After the 1988 Winter Olympics, a television show featured a group of blind skiers being trained for slalom skiing. Paired with sighted skiers, the blind skiers were taught on the flats how to make ri...
The Lord is my real instructor and I shall not want. He gives me peace, when chaos is all around me. He gently reminds me to pray before I speak and to do all things without murmuring and complaining....
AGE There is a birthday card making the rounds that says, “You know what they say about age — it’s all in your mind.” Inside the card it adds, “and your legs, your arms, your neck, your arches, your b...
The May/June issue of Worth magazine carried a story about an exclusive community on New York City's upper East side. You would need an income of over one million dollars a year just to live there. Th...
If you are in the historic district of Charleston, South Carolina, a little after seven o'clock in the morning you will see a 75-year-old man with a plastic grocery bag. If you follow him for his two-...
If an earthly father can love unconditionally despite a child's mess, how much more does our heavenly Father love us regardless of our uncleaness?...
Let your light so shine that the world sees Christ in you, and the darkness is cast away from such radiance....
Matthew 4: 1-11 The challenge of taking tests starts rather early in......
This is an illustration from the movie Big Fish, courtesy of MovieMinistry.com: The Big Idea: Knowing the future makes you fearless. Scene Setup: Early in his life, Edward believed that he had seen ho...
Rick Whitter
Like farmers, pastors must know the purpose of their work, and we must be willing to do whatever it takes to produce disciples. Fulfilling the Great Commission is not an option for today’s church lead...
"All groups of human beings have a tendency to be exclusive; they want to know who is inside and who is out. So they adopt identity markers—visible practices of dress, vocabulary or behavior that serv...
Advice to Graduates by Mary Schmich (not Kurt Vonnegut): Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been pro...