The Difference Between Courage and Fear

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."

—General George Patton, as heard from Chaplain George Metcalf

Positive Attitude Makes for Longer Lifespan

Elderly people who have a negative attitude toward growing old are literally thinking themselves into an early grave. A Reuters News report from a journal ...

Poem Illustrates Human Nature

In a poem entitled, "Autobiography in Five Short Chapters," Portia Nelson writes these words:

Chapter I: I walk down the street. There is a deep hole ...

Getting Used to a Crooked House

Robert Klose lives in a crooked house, and he likes it that way. As a first-time homebuyer, he was initially alarmed by all the noise his century-old ...

Lee Iacocca Illustrates the Bottom Line for Ministry

Finding himself in an elevator with Lee Iacocca, an enthusiastic fan paid a compliment to the Chairman of Chrysler Corporation. See image.

"Mr. Iacocca," ...

Eisenhower on Teambuilding

It is better to have one person working with you than having three people working for you.

—President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)

"Bourne Identity": Who Am I and Where Am I Going?

In the Bourne Identity, Matt Damon plays Jason Bourne—a CIA agent who has suffered amnesia and is trying to figure out just who exactly he is. The ...

Divorced Couple "Ideal" for Each Other

In the midst of marital disagreement, it is not uncommon for a spouse to wonder if there isn't somebody with whom they would be more compatible. Suleyman ...

Blind Man Needs to Be "Born Again" to See

In a book titled, An Anthropologist on Mars, neurologist Oliver Sacks tells about Virgil, a man who had been blind from early childhood. When he was 50, ...

God and Our Circumstances

"Too often we try to use God to change our circumstances, while he is using our circumstances to change us."