P. H. Welshimer, a great preacher of a previous generation, used to advise his fellow preachers, "If you have to be a second-rater, then be a first-rate second-rater." That's not bad advice for all of us. A famous conductor was once asked what was the most difficult instrument in the orche

A little girl answered the phone in her house and a salesman said, "Little girl, may I speak to your mother?" The little girl replied, "She's busy right now." The salesman said, "Oh, OK, how about your father?" The little girl replied that he was busy too,

In one of former President Jimmy Carter's best-selling books, Living Faith, Carter talks about how faith affects every aspect of his life. He originally wanted to call that book, Faith Is a Verb, but his publishers instead opted for the title, Living Faith. Both titles make sense because a liv

One of society's most celebrated writers was O. Henry. Readers enjoyed how he always had a little twist to his stories and how he was always interested in the lives of common people and their struggles. When William Sydney Porter (O. Henry's real name) passed away, his last words to

The president of William and

Years ago, Bob Dylan wrote a great truth in one of his songs. He said: "You may be an ambassador to England of France; You may like to gamble, you might like to dance; You may be the heavy-weight champion of the world; You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls; But you're go