According to wire service reports, a New York man has set a record for the most records in the Guinness Book of World Records. ...
Elbert Hubbard once said, “It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.” ...
When the Statue of Liberty was remodeled, it was discovered that the entire inside support system had to be replaced. The outside copper skin of the statue was okay;...
The remarkable Redwood tree is not subject to any known plant disease. Insects do not bother it. It can survive being struck by bolts of lightning. If it is cut down the stump produces many sprouts fo...
What first appears to be a curse God can turn into a manifold blessing....
"If we will admit our inadequacy, we can have God's adequacy. . . . The greatest problem in the church is trying to do God's work with man's strength. . . . The key to Christian sufficiency is realizi...
After watching the bald eagle in flight, some people are surprised to learn that Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey the American national bird. While turkeys are beautiful in their own w...
Helen Keller once said, "With the death of every friend I love…a part of me has been buried…but their contribution to my being of happiness, strength and understanding remains to sustain m...
One of my favorite quotations was given to us by the great Samuel Johnson. He said, "Great works are performed not be strength but by perseverance. He that shall walk with vigor, three hours a...
In his book Quiet Strength, Tony Dungy, head coach of the Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts, wrote of what was in his mind with 45 seconds to go before his team won the Super Bowl......
Alan Loy McGinnis tells a story about a man who stood on the bank of Lake Michigan in despair. He was 32 years old, a college dropout and financially bankrupt. On the verge of throwing himself into th...
A Pumpkin Tree? Oppressed by the noonday heat, a tired farmer sat under a walnut tree to rest. Relaxing, he looked at his pumpkin vines and said to himself, "How strange it is that God puts such big h...
In September 1992, Jack Kelley, foreign affairs editor for USA Today, witnessed firsthand the famine in Somalia. "Our photographer had a grapefruit, which he gave to the boy. The boy was so weak he di...
Before he can serve Communion, a Russian Orthodox priest must put on proper garments. When he puts on the first garment he recites, "My soul rejoices in the Lord. He has dressed me in garments of salv...
In the devotional book My Heart -- Christ’s Home Through the Year, Rick Ezell wrote this: “In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes: ‘There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money ...
Sometimes a flaw, loss or weakness becomes our greatest badge of honor and source of strength....
Happy people live longer. That is the conclusion of Marilyn Elias writing in USA Today. She quoted Beverly Bennett of Duke University Medical Center as saying, “People could potentially exten...
In his book Living Faithfully, J. Allen Blair tells of a man who was struggling to get to Grand Central Station in New York City. The wind blew fiercely, and the rain beat down on him as he lugged his...