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The old bromide that says “it’s always darkest before dawn” does not mean—as one comedian quipped—that it’s the best time to…
The tiny daughter of a businessman wandered away from him at a shopping mall, and was lost for several…
I think it was Confucius who said, “Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting…
An aspiring composer asked orchestra, conductor Victor Herbert to review and play one of his amateur compositions. Seeing that…
What Makes a Christian Charismatic?
Falsehoods are “sticky” for some people; they can’t let go of them. They continue to believe, for instance, that…
“AS YOU PRAY, SO YOU WILL LIVE AS YOU LIVE, SO YOU WILL DIE AS YOU DIE, SO YOU…
You’ve heard about the crook who made counterfeit pennies. He was caught because he put the heads and tails…
A craggy farmer once gave me an unsophisticated guideline for success that abounded with homespun wisdom: “Gumption,” he opined,…
Heavenly Father, the world seems to be collapsing around us. While families struggle to keep their homes and feed…
A quaint and ancient Welsh proverb states, “Three things give hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air,…