Our society drowns in information, but remains parched in wisdom. “We have a surplus of information, but it is completely uncoordinated,” wrote Philip Slater in The Pursuit of…
(...continued) For almost a century Winston Churchill walked like a giant on the world’s stage. But even that was not enough to satisfy him. He knew, as we…
I saw printed on a t-shirt these words: “The best is good enough for me.” Perhaps whoever wrote that got it from Winston Churchill who once said, “My tastes…
Jack Welch is the retired CEO of General Electric. He is one of the top executives ever to run a major company and has made hundreds of millions…
Today's meditation is just for fun. I do not know who wrote this piece, and so I cannot say for sure whether or not the following conversation really took place.…
Fred Craddock tells of meeting a man one day in a restaurant. “You a preacher?” the man asked. Somewhat embarrassed, Fred said, “Yes.” …
If you go to the downtown area of any big city you will see street musicians. They will be leaning up against a building, playing their guitar, saxophone,…
Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983) was a Dutch Christian who, with her family, helped many Jews escape the Nazis in the early 1940’s. She worked in her father’s watch-making business in…
By Doug Tilley, a pastor from North Carolina, in World magazine, 10-8-11, p. 52. I have been diagnosed with a disease named after one of the greatest baseball…
From a sermon entitled "Life Eternal" by Ralph Sockman (1889-1970) As I ponder Paul's discussion of the body (in II Corinthians 4 & 5), it deepens my realization…