"Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends," wrote Harriet Ward Beecher. Most of us, however, never get to the cemetery with those faults. We file them away in our memory banks, we store them in the closet; and then when...
Before they put astronauts aboard the spacecraft that were sent to the moon, scientists used a rather elaborate system to keep the rocket on the right path in space. It seems that, in spite of their great accuracy, the rockets would deviate from the correct trajectory...
On his sickbed prior to his death, the British preacher, Charles Spurgeon, said, “If you do not wish to be full of regrets when you are forced to lie still, work while you can. If you desire to make a sickbed as soft as it can be, do not stuff it with mournful...
Michael Fortino is a time-management specialist. He is one of those capable individuals who analyze businesses and tells management how to be more productive, balanced, and efficient, but Fortino has changed his mind about some things. In the 1980s the personal...
In one of his plays, William Shakespeare wrote, "There is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will." What the great poet of England was saying is that the hand of God guides us, and, at times, His guidance overrides the human will. Today many would...
Suppose you had awakened at the stroke of 12:01 a.m. on January 1, and there, standing before you, was an individual in shining clothing which you immediately recognized as an angel, and you then heard these words: “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with...
Theology is the study of God, but in the street use of the word, your theology is what you believe about God. Historically, the Church has based its theology upon the written Word of God, the Bible, with tradition affirming the position which godly men and women have...
What a world! Surprises! This year, for a lot of us, surprises were not limited to reading about changing world events. For some of you, surprises were not always welcomed. A position opened up in your company, and you expressed an interest in it. But when your boss...
What a world! Surprises! This year, for a lot of us, surprises were not limited to reading about changing world events. For some of you, surprises were not always welcomed. A position opened up in your company, and you expressed an interest in it. But when your boss...
When the 21-year-old spacecraft, Columbia, disintegrated on its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003, a new pantheon of heroes was born—men and women who knew the risks they were taking yet chose to take that chance. With that understanding of the...