Attitude Adjustment

Inspirational speaker and writer Barbara Johnson tells this story:

The day had not started out well for a certain woman. She had overslept and was late ...

Persevering after Loss

In his book Alive, Rick Christian recounts a low point in Thomas Carlyle's life. The noted historian had just spent two years writing a book on the ...

What Kids Can't Appreciate

In 1997, Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of aviator Charles Lindbergh, was invited to give the annual Lindbergh Address at the Smithsonian Institution's ...

Reading Your Obituary

In literature the story is told of a man who opens a newspaper and discovers the date on the newspaper is six months in advance of the time he lives. ...

Don't Waste the Pain

Author and speaker Jill Briscoe writes:

I was grateful and excited. My daughter, Judy, agreed to accompany me to Australia where I was to speak at a conference. ...

The Importance of Perspective

A man came to a construction site, where stonemasons were working. The man said to one, "What are you doing?"

The stonemason said, "You ...

His Glory Is Everywhere

Lord, make me see your glory in every place.

Only God's Instrument

Your own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God--but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work.

Rejoice if you feel that ...

Focusing on the Right Things

Tom Friends of The New York Times asked coach Jimmy Johnson what he told his players before leading the Dallas Cowboys onto the field for the 1993 Super ...

Eeyores in the Congregation

Many of us think fondly of that dismal, old grey donkey Eeyore in the Winnie-the-Pooh children's books by A.A. Milne. While lovable and secretly goodhearted, ...