William Shakespeare had a tremendous grasp of life and human nature. “When sorrows come,” he wrote, “they come not single file but in battalions.” My mother used to say, “When it rains, it pours!” meaning essentially the same thing. Nobody apart from a sadistic...
How much is enough? Have you ever pondered the question in relation to your own lifestyle? When John D. Rockefeller was asked how much money it would take to be satisfied, he replied, "Just a little bit more!" "It is not the rich man only who is under the dominion...
Hindsight vision is always 20-20, but seeing what lies in the future is totally something else. The future is unknown, risky, and indefinite. It's no wonder we hesitate to take the bold step whether it is launching a business or moving away from the security of the...
"I really need that!" How many times have you said those words this past week? Or maybe it was your eight-year-old who has been impressed by the commercials on television who says, "I really need that, Dad!" And, of course, we quickly think of Philippians 4:19, which...
In 1944 Frank Capra, the celebrated director, produced a comedy film called Arsenic and Old Lace. It’s about two sweet but murderous aunts who put poison in the elderberry tea that was served to a succession of male residents in their boarding house and then stored...
On November 1, 2006 Alexander Litvinenko, a former lieutenant colonel of Russia’s Federal Security Service, suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized. Three weeks later, he was dead, a victim of a toxic substance identified as polonium-210, a radioisotope that caused a...
Have you noticed how noisy it has become lately? It isn’t simply the noise and din of traffic, the roar of jet engines, and the blare of radio, TV, and stereo players. There’s the noise of people, the endless chatter of meaningless conversation, and the weariness of...
The entire family seemed to be sick all of the time. They coughed, felt something in their chests, were lethargic, and losing strength week by week. Fearing that something was terribly wrong, the family, then living in the Philippines where doctors are very much on...
Adam Bischoff, 15, was riding his bicycle with a friend when he was swept into a flood channel that had been swollen to overflowing by rains. When the alarm was sounded, rescuers frantically tried to save the lad, who was holding onto a log, screaming, "Help me! ...
The English word “misery” comes from the Greek word miseo which is translated “to hate.” Yes, we know what hatred is, and with all due respect to what psychologists can do, I’ve never met anyone whose heart was filled with hatred for someone who was a happy person. A...