Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
Ohio State's legendary football coach Woody Hayes was asked by a Chicago writer how he continued to attract top players.
"It's very simple," replied Woody. "We recruit and coach on a positive basis. We seek the quality, the best kids. I couldn't get along with any other kind. Then we set high
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Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
Encourage Someone Today
Dante Bartiel Rossetti, the famous 19th-century poet and artist, was once approached by an elderly man. The old fellow had some sketches and drawings that he wanted Rossetti to look at and tell him if they were any good, or if they, at least, showed potential
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Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
Ty Cobb on Loneliness
The incredibly talented, acclaimed, rich, famous baseball player, Ty Cobb said, near the end of his life in 1961, "If I had the chance to live my life over,
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 25, 2008
Joy on the Road
Honda made a "Musical Road" for a commercial in Lancaster, CA, that played the William Tell Overture when you drove on it. At first, it wasn't too exciting. But as you picked up speed, you could actually hear a song played by the tires hitting the grooves in the road at just the
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 25, 2008
California has a amazing aqueduct system that brings water from the north to the south. Along the way, they have posted signs that say "Stay out of Aqueduct." You would think that would be obvious to not get in a long, deep, dark, canal of water,
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 25, 2008
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Fish Tank Life
A very nice doctor's office had a beautiful fish tank. The fish are bred to look like exotic salt-water fish. They are beautiful, but they are stuck in that expensive tank and going nowhere, chasing each other, killing each other, hoping someone will pay attention and feed them.
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 25, 2008
One of the greatest revivals, the Fulton Street Revival, came during great financial crisis. In 1857, Evangelist Jeremiah Lanphier came to help dying church. He started a prayer meeting with with six people.
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 25, 2008
“He’s our miracle. He’s my hero. He’s my son, but he’s also my miracle.” Dustin Carter’s mother. Dustin, is an 18-year old High School wrestler who had both arms and legs amputated at the age of five. He made to the quarterfinals of the coveted State Tournament
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 17, 2008
A first-grader went on her first day to a newly integrated school at the height of the segregation storm. An anxious mother met her at the door to inquire, "How did everything go, honey?"
"Oh, Mother! You know what? A little black girl sat next to me!"
In fear and trepidation, the mother
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 17, 2008
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Teamwork: The Big Picture
We've got to get together and work together to solve the problem. In his book Wind and Fire, Bruce Larson tells of a friend of his who lives near Hoyt Park in Madison, Wisconsin and who happens to be a great bird lover. Invariably, his yard is full of all kinds of birds
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 17, 2008
Robert C. Tuttle told this:
Some years ago, after a vigorous brotherly and sisterly disagreement, our three children retired only to be aroused at two o'clock in the morning by a terrific thunderstorm. Hearing an unusual noise upstairs I called in to find out
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 16, 2008
Steve Camp sings a song called "Run to the Battle!" where he quootes C. T. Studd, "Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell. I
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 16, 2008
An 11 year old boy called 9-1-1 because his mom tried to force him to breathe into the interlock device on her car after she had been drinking. The police caught her and the boy was put in a foster home. Standing up for truth and
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 16, 2008
A young man is often told, "You look like your dad!" Children often look like their parents - whether they want to or not! The similarity is undeniable. Parents cannot deny children who look like them, even if they wanted to! In the same way, believers who are like Jesus, because they have a
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
A young man once fell in love with a girl and saw the starlight in her eyes when he proposed. He bought a ring to give her but he was poor, and it wasn’t a very big diamond. He said to her apologetically, "It is not a very big stone." But she replied, "It is as big as we make it."
If you are
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
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Robert Cook, President of King’s College once related a true story from the early years of his ministry. Evidently at that time, he had been receiving some rather pointed criticism. In fact, it had become of such great concern to him that he sought the counsel of a friend, the beloved Bible
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
Greed vs. Envy
Envy is the evil eye that looks on the success and happiness of another and resents his being so blessed. It is different from covetousness, which desires to have what another has. Envy simply resents the other person's having it.
There's an old legend about a greedy man and an
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
Myron
Do you need encouragement on a smaller scale for a person with lesser abilities? Kenneth Dodge, San Leandro, California:
In a small town in the Midwest where I spent six years of my early youth, there lived a mentally retarded adult named Myron. It was during depression years and there was
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