For Dairy Queen employee, Joey Prusak, the past 18 months have been pretty amazing. He’s made several national TV appearances, was called by Warren Buffet and invited to a shareholders meeting, and was a guest at the Daytona 500. Pretty incredible stuff for the 19-year-old from Hopkins, MN.
It all began when one of his regular customers, a visually impaired man, accidentally dropped a $20 bill from his wallet. What happened next, “shocked and sickened me,” said Joey. Continue reading
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Steven Bonner tells about taking a group of teenagers on a trip to Tuba City, Arizona. Fondly he recalls the “spiritually transforming events” that occurred on those trips. Specifically, he relates the impressions of the devotional periods led by Paul Ghee.
As the teens met at the mouth of Coal Mine Canyon and sat down in the slightly black dirt, the sun is setting. There is a slight breeze. Then Paul asks everyone to stop moving. To be quiet. So, “we could hear the silence?”
Steven rhetorically says, “Can you imagine what absolute silence sounds like?” Then he describes it. Continue reading
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Eugene Ormandy may not be a name you recognize, but he was one of the most famous conductors in history. He served as musical director for the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1938 until 1980. He was also infamous for his verbal blunders. Here are a few: Continue reading
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“There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being–to help someone succeed,” wrote author Alan Loy McGinnis.
Leadership guru, John Maxwell, was even more emphatic when he said, “There is no success without a successor!”
The ability to mobilize members of Christ’s Body for ministry is an important task. It’s a necessary job if we are to achieve the potential for which we have been created. Paul said “we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Eph 2:10). The only way for this goal to be realized is to equip Christians for ministry. Continue reading
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This week Norma Jean and I are in Ontario Canada, where I’m preaching in a meeting for the Wellandport church. Being in Canada reminds me of a story told by Don Graham.
Linda, a young woman, was traveling alone up the rutted and rugged highway from Alberta to the Yukon. Linda didn’t know you don’t travel to Whitehorse alone in a rundown Honda Civic, so she set off where only four-wheel drives normally venture. Continue reading
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“I think I’ll just say I don’t agree with judging fellow human beings like this and leave it that!”
This was the response from one of my readers regarding a recent post on America’s Abortion Culture.
After replying to her objections, she did respond again saying, “ I don’t think Jesus (as far as I remember from childhood teaching) ever tried to change things by judging others. Compassion might change things. Helping people overcome bad circumstances might change things. But not judgment.” Continue reading
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This Thursday, June 5, 2014, one of the most significant athletic accomplishments of the 20th century will be celebrated in San Diego at Balboa Stadium: the 50th anniversary of Jim Ryun’s sub-4 minute. He was the first High School athlete to achieve that extraordinary feat.
While Ryun never won an Olympic gold metal–his best finish was silver in the 1968 Mexico games–he did hold world records in the half-mile, 1500m and mile. In the ensuing years Ryun served five terms as a Congressman from his home state of Kansas. Continue reading
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My friend, Jim Dorn, shared this story with me a couple of years ago.
There was a family that lived out “in the sticks”, far from civilization. One day the family made their first trip to the “big city” and visited a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and back together again.
The boy asked his father, “Pop, what is this?” Continue reading
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Anna Marie Jarvis was 12 years old when she got the inspiration for a special day celebrating mothers.
Her mother was teaching a Bible class on “Mothers of the Bible.” At the end of class, Mrs. Jarvis said, “I hope that someone, sometime will found a memorial mothers day commemorating her for the matchless service she renders to humanity in every field of life. She is entitled to it.” Continue reading
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Teddy Roosevelt, our 26th President, was quite a colorful character. He was an author, naturalist, historian and explorer. When the Spanish-American war broke out in 1898, he helped form the famous “Rough Riders.” And for a period of time he operated a ranch in the Dakotas. His reputation was one of honor. Honesty. And integrity. Continue reading
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