Have you ever watched one of those old vintage movies where someone visits the doctor’s office? Outside the office on the door is a shingle which has the doctor’s name. Directly underneath the name in bold letters are the words, “In Practice.” These words mean the doctor is exercising to Read more…
Famed scientist Albert Einstein sometimes had more trouble finding his way home from work than he did in finding the key to atomic power. One evening as the physicist sat deep in thought aboard the train that brought him home each night, the porter approached to collect his ticket. Einstein Read more…
Critics and scoffers have been trying to silence the message of the empty tomb for years. They have tried to deny it, rationalize it away and even categorize it as just a nice story. None will so nearly succeed in suppressing the truth as Christ’s own followers . . . Read more…
An Interview with Peter Rabbit Farmer Joe has the largest carrot garden in the county, while Farmer Jake has the largest cotton crop. If you interviewed Peter Rabbit and asked at which farmer’s property he would make his home, he might say, “Farmer Joe’s, of course.” You probe a little Read more…
It was to be a majestic evening. On Friday, October 18, 1991, the world-class Chicago Symphony presented the final concert in its year-long celebration of the symphony’s one hundredth year. For the first time in United States symphony history, the present conductor and two former conductors of an orchestra stood Read more…
If you looked up the word “freedom” in a dictionary, you might be surprised to find a picture and biography of Isaac Lidsky as a case study. His story is a reminder of the relationship between freedom and potential. The Storybook Life of Isaac Lidsky As a child, Isaac appeared Read more…
I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my Read more…
The story of Mother’s Day is one of the great paradoxes of the 20th Century. It is both a celebration of love, admiration, ambition, persistence and ultimate victory; and a sad tale of the harmful effects of bitterness, desperation and loss. Ann Reeves Jarvis: The Model of Mother’s Day Ann Read more…
It started as a normal day in Joseph’s life. He wore a special coat of many colors from his father to prove he was Jacob’s favorite son. It was no question, Joseph was the man! But then things went in a different direction. Joseph had a bad day. His brothers Read more…
A sleepwalking man woke up in a retention pond in his backyard. The pond had become home to a few alligators. Awakened by the cold water, he saw the alligators, fought them off with his walking cane and lived to tell the story! In ministry today, we are encountering people, Read more…