Contributed by Colin Bain on May 1, 2009
We are directed to the place where everything can be seen and directed – heaven, where God dwells and directs. We are called to that place to gain a perspective that is not our own. It is like that moment when a successful businessman might take his child to his office window, showing the extent of
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Jun 27, 2009
HEAR O ISRAEL: LISTEN UP!
I served in a volunteer capacity as an unofficial chaplain to the Redondo Beach (California) police force. About seven or eight of us who were ministers would rotate so that we rode entire shifts with some of the officers.
Police work is a contrast between tedium and
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Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 8, 2009
In the spring of 1851, he accepted a newly created teaching position at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), in Lexington, Virginia. He became Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Instructor of Artillery. Despite the high quality of his work, he was not popular as a teacher. His
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 2, 2010
Listening is so important in life and crucial to make relationships work.
Let me give you a little brainteaser. If you have heard this before, please don’t ruin it for everyone else and just keep your thoughts to yourself. I’ll read the question and then you some time to think.
You are driving a
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
Years ago in California there was an AG minister named Ralph Mahoney, who was the head of World Missionary Assistance Plan.
Also, every summer he ran camp meetings in California and Oregon. A group of people would register for a week’s meetings, which were financed by receiving offerings each
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 9, 2010
A young Ensign, after nearly completing his first overseas cruise, was given an opportunity to display his capabilities at getting the ship underway. With a stream of commands he had the decks buzzing with men, and soon his ship was steaming out of the channel en route to the states. His
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 30, 2010
I want all of you to try something. Don’t speak. Just listen and observe. Look at the person next to you. Look into their eyes. What do you see? What do you feel? Do you see concern or confusion? Is it laughter or happiness? Is it pain, anger, or love? Can you see something about what the
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Lutheran
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
A Leader Is…
Peter Drucker, perhaps the most noted authority on leadership in the 20th century, says:
A leader is one who has followers. An effective leader is not someone who is loved or admired. He is someone whose followers do the right thing. Popularity is not leadership, results are. Leaders
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Baptist