The means to maximizing your life …
Have you ever noticed how it’s the verbose preacher who preaches about controlling your tongue? Or the obese doctor who warns you need to lose weight? Or […]
10
Sep
2012
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James Scott, Jr.
10
Sep
2012
The great untapped mission field …
“What shall we do on holiday?” Charlie asked Marge. “Trekking with Sherpas? Camping with the Berbers?” “Kayaking with Inuits?” suggested Marge. Charlie and Marge loved cultural adventure; […]
09
Sep
2012
It takes just a little …
A story is told (reportedly true) of a man and a teenage boy who checked in to a hotel and were shown to their room. The two […]
09
Sep
2012
There are people, and there are distractions …
There was a certain amount of study and writing I intended to do this evening. With my coffee perched on the small, round table beside me, I […]
08
Sep
2012
If you knew what I know about me …
Have you heard the story of the three preachers who spent a Monday on the golf course together? As they golfed, they talked about their lives. The […]
07
Sep
2012
What’s left?
Have you ever met a successful “ideas man”? Some of them are quite remarkable. They think up fascinating businesses, organizations, programs, and projects and pass the ideas […]
06
Sep
2012
Living like a tourist …
Jose Luis Navajo shares the following fable in his book, “Mondays With My Old Pastor” … “A tourist who was visiting a small village approached the house […]
05
Sep
2012
The vegetable rebellion …
Check out this short commercial … Hilarious! This commerical provides a fun visual to that rebellious, stubborn streak we’ve seen in others. Or in ourselves. And often […]
05
Sep
2012
Just a bunch of noise …
As a young child, I was terrified of thunder. I didn’t know what it was, and was only mildly pacified later when I learned thunder is the […]
04
Sep
2012
Don’t be afraid of the shore …
In the book, “Tuesdays With Morrie” by Mitch Albom, a story is told about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. […]