Mental Reset Button
Just after communism fell, my wife and I served as missionaries to Czechoslovakia. Lots of things there took some getting used to. One was our communist designed refrigerator. On the …
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Make a New Ending
A wise person said, “Though you cannot go back and make a brand-new start, you can start now and make a brand new end.” Most of us can look back …
Read More Michaelangelo’s Work
Michaelangelo spent four grueling years on his back painting over 400 larger than life figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The task was so demanding that when he …
Read More It’s All About You
“It’s all about you.” According to the US trademark office that’s one of the most commonly used advertising slogans. The world constantly encourages us to become more and more self …
Read More Enjoying a Bad Attitude
Have you ever met someone who just seemed to enjoy having a bad attitude? You can’t say or do anything to cheer them up because deep down they really don’t …
Read More Responding to Failure
What makes the difference between average achievers and high producers? What separates those who do great things for God from those who live lives of quiet desperation? It is the …
Read More Poem- I Ran Into a Stranger
I ran into a stranger as he passed by, “Oh excuse me please” was my reply. But at home a different story is told, How we treat our loved ones, …
Read More Fixing the Bump
A foreigner was visiting the US and said, “I don’t understand your American roads. When you have a bump in the road you put a sign up saying ‘bump’. In …
Read More Divide it Up
A waiter asked, “Sir, would you like your pizza cut into four pieces or eight?” “Oh just four.” He replied, “I could never eat eight pieces.” That customer failed to …
Read More Thirty Years Old
Jesus waited until He was 30 years old to begin his public ministry. David, the greatest king of Israel, was crowned at 30 years old. Joseph was 30 when he …
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