If we want to keep from sinning, the best way to do it is to avoid the source. One person acted on this principle in a strange way. At the public library in Coquille, Oregon, library workers found at least a dozen books in which entire pages... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Ed Greer hated his job. In the early 1980’s he had a white-collar position with Hughes Aircraft in El Segundo, California, but he still felt miserable. Feeling additional pressure from his wife and father, Ed decided he had had enough. On... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Would you trust yourself more than a doctor to help with your medical needs? One London accountant did. This 63-year-old man knew he needed to have bladder surgery, but he couldn’t overcome his fear of doctors and hospitals. He literally took... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The darkness of the room was penetrated by the steady glow of a hurricane lamp. In her book, Out of Africa, Isak Dinesen described her response as her cook Kamante, who held the lamp, somberly said, “I think that you had better get up. I... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
God may spare us from eternal destruction, but He doesn’t always keep us from ruining our lives. In the fall of 1994, Alberto Gauna, who lived in the northern province of Chaco in Argentina, became so depressed that he decided to take his... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The Christian life can be compared to the four stages in a butterfly’s growth. The butterfly begins life as an egg. It emerges from the egg as a larva, which is known as a caterpillar. I have never seen a pretty caterpillar. As the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Patricia wanted to die. She was broken after a bitter divorce. Her Roman Catholic faith offered her no hope for her difficult circumstances. Then a 4-year-old Baptist girl told her, “Aunt Patty, Jesus loves you.” This was the first time... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
It’s always a good idea to give your best, because you never know who might be on the receiving end. Queen Mary enjoyed occasionally dressing like the common people and mingling with them. Once on a visit she made to a village in Ireland, she... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Sometimes the best thing you can do when you’re feeling down is to go fishing. Paul Quinnett wrote in his book, Pavlov’s Trout: It is better to fish hopefully than to catch fish. Fishing is hope experienced. To be optimistic in a slow bite is... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
You don’t need a pilot’s license to know that without forward motion, an airplane will soon crash to the ground. One girl who wasn’t very bright sat in the cockpit of a four-seat, propeller-driven plane when the aircraft suddenly crashed.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
