Take Time for Opportunities
Peter Drucker, considered the greatest authority on corporate management in our day, advises: “you must take time for your opportunities as well as for your problems.” That’s good advice in …
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Clock of Life
Imagine for just a moment that your lifetime could be pictured in terms of a daily clock where you wake up at 7:30 and go to bed at midnight. The …
Read More Answering God’s Call
Two Eskimos in a kayak were chilly, so they started a fire, which sank the craft, proving the old adage you can’t have your kayak and heat it too. Many …
Read More Grease Fires and Telephones
I would not believe this story if I had not heard it from a reputable source. But I once learned of a lady who was fixing supper when a grease …
Read More Blood Type Not Renewed
Maybe you heard about the man who was so old his doctor informed him that his blood type would no longer be renewed. Lots of us get surprises as we …
Read More Birth Pains
A man spoke frantically into the phone: “My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!” “Is this her first child?” the doctor asked. “No!” the man …
Read More An African Parable
An African parable teaches us a valuable lesson about motivation. Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows that it must run faster than the fastest lion or …
Read More 90 Year Old Marathon Runner
On April 14, 2002, Jenny Wood-Allen completed the London Marathon in 11 hours 34 minutes. That might not seem so significant except that Jenny Wood-Allen was born in 1911. And …
Read More The Greatest Lie
Just imagine for a moment Satan asking three demons for ideas to keep people from heaven. The first one said, “Let’s tell them there is no heaven.” “That won’t work” …
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