A Difficult Hill??? Researchers at the University of Virginia have found that most people perceive a hill to be steeper than it really is, especially if they are tired or carrying a heavy load. When asked to estimate the slope of a hill, test participants consistently misjudged it, thinking a 10-degree slant was about 30…
DetailsRelishing the Moments Tucked away in our subconscious minds is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long, long trip that almost spans the continent. We’re traveling by passenger train, and out the windows we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby high-ways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing…
DetailsWhy Not You??? Today, many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. Why not you? Today, many will choose to leave the ghost of yesterday behind and seize the immeasurable. Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you? Today, many will break through the barriers of the past…
DetailsStopped By a Brick!!! About ten years ago, a young and very successful executive named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his sleek, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars…
DetailsTrust? Feeling a little desperate, I was wondering why God let me endure so much when this thought crossed my mind: “Am I a fair weather Christian?” If I’m a fair weather Christian, perhaps I seem to believe and even honestly think I believe when all is well and then blame God and turn against…
DetailsA Little Fellow Follows Me A careful man I ought to be, A little fellow follows me. I dare not go astray, For fear he’ll go the self-same way. I cannot once escape his eyes, Whatever he see me do, he tries. Like me, he says, he’s going to be, The little chap who follows…
DetailsGiving?? I had a professor in seminary who told us one day that there were four stages of giving, which he then proceeded to illustrate. “The first stage is like a man who stands up in church and says, ‘Hey, everybody, look! I’m putting a hundred dollar bill in the offering!’ The second stage is…
DetailsSt. Maria Goretti July 6 Born in Corinaldo, Ancona, Italy, on October 16 1890; her farm worker father moved his family to Ferrier di Conca, near Anzio. Her father died of malaria and her mother had to struggle to feed her children. In 1902 an eighteen-year-old neighbor, Alexander, grabbed her from her steps and tried…
DetailsFather’s Day You held my hand when I was small. You caught me when I fell. You are the hero of my childhood, And my later years as well. And, every time I think of you, My heart fills with pride. I always miss you, Dad, when you are not near. But, I know you…
DetailsSaying “Thank You” “The beauty and eloquence of an expression of gratitude is reflected in a newspaper story of some years ago: The City of Cleveland police auctioned off about 100 unclaimed bicycles a couple of years ago. ‘One dollar,’ said an 11-year-old boy as the bidding opened on the first bike. The bidding, however,…
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