It actually happened in a Sunday School class of boys long ago. The teacher asked each lad to quote a Bible verse as the offering was taken. One said, "The Lord loveth a cheerful giver." Another said, "Blessed is he that considereth the poor." A third boy blurted out, "A fool and his money

In the Agnes comic strip, Agnes declares to her friend, "I have found no causes that I think would be worth all the emotion that I would have to devote to it. From now on, the devotion of my emotion will be for self-promotion." Haven't we all met a few people like that? _______________ J

In her recent book, Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin focuses on the political genius of Abraham Lincoln. Goodwin notes that after Lincoln won the presidential election, he put his Republican rivals on his cabinet. This displayed two important facets of leadership. First, it showed that L

Sometimes people just don't use their common sense. A man once recounted this incident at an airport. He said "I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked, 'Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?' To which I replied, 'If it was witho

In World War I, in a British section of the Western Front, just a few miles back from the front lines, was a hut named Talbot House. It was a meeting place for men going up to the trenches and men coming back. In the hut loft Communion was served - truly an upper room and literally a last s

Communicating with clarity is a challenging endeavor. Consider these supposedly true citations and responses between airline pilots and mechanics: P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. M: Almost replaced left inside main tire. P: Something loose in cockpit. M: Something t

A six-year-old girl and her four-year-old brother were sitting together in church. The little boy laughed, sang and talked out loud. Finally, the little girl had had enough. "You're not supposed to talk out loud in church." "Why? Who's going to stop me?" the little boy asked. His sister poin

Many people fear getting older, but the longer you live the more you are in a position to develop wisdom. Here are some observations and bits of advice concerning getting older: 1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. 2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can g

In his book, A Better Way to Live, Og Mandino reported that Andrew Carnegie once said that there are two types of people who fail to achieve much in life. The first is the person who won't do what he or she is told to do, and the second is the person who does no more that what he or she

Here are some words of wisdom making the rounds: 1. Keep your word soft and tender, because tomorrow you may have to eat them. 2. Opportunities are never lost; someone else will take the ones you miss. 3. Love, not time, heals all wounds 4. To ignore the facts does not change the facts.