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We Need To Slow Down PRO
Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 9, 2012 (message contributor)
WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN
A study by the US National Commission on Sleep Disorders blamed half of all traffic accidents on tiredness. Put that together with our penchant for speeding, and the result is carnage on the roads. Annual traffic fatalities now stand at 1.3 million worldwide, more than double the figure for 1990. Though better safety norms have cut the death toll in developed countries, the UN predicts that traffic will be the third leading cause of death in the world by 2020. Even now, more than forty thousand people...
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Pulling The Plow Themselves PRO
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 23, 2004
Illus.: “Pulling the Plow Themselves” Shortly after the Korean War ended, two businessmen took a trip around the world. During their tour of Korea they traveled by bus with a missionary guide. In a field nearby they noticed a young boy pulling a plow. One of the businessmen commented on how poor ...read more
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Someone Has Said There Are 3 Types Of Givers: ... PRO
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 23, 2004
Someone has said there are 3 types of givers: One type is like a piece of flint. It has to be struck by some object to give, and then only produces sparks and chips. Another type is like a sponge. The more it is squeezed, the more it gives. Then there is the type like ...read more
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Pastor Brian Mclaren Of Cedar Ridge Community ... PRO
Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 19, 2005
Pastor Brian McLaren of Cedar Ridge Community Church notes: Doubt. It’s like a spiritual drought, a starless night of the soul, a low tide when faith seems to have retreated forever. Nearly all of us experience these dry, dark, difficult times when God doesn’t seem real and it’s hard to keep ...read more
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It Was Pentecost Sunday. As The Congregation ... PRO
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 23, 2004
IT WAS PENTECOST SUNDAY. As the congregation filed into church, the ushers handed each person a bright red carnation to symbolize the festive spirit of the day. The people listened attentively to the reading of the Pentecost story from the Book of Acts about how the disciples had heard “what ...read more
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When The Great American Storyteller Mark Twain ... PRO
Contributed by Samuel Stone on Nov 22, 2004
When the great American storyteller Mark Twain was asked, “Who do you think is the best storyteller every lived?” Mark twain answered, “Jesus Christ.” “Then which story is the greatest ...read more
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