As you spend time with family and reflect on your blessings, take a moment to watch Abraham Lincoln's proclamation on Thanksgiving. Have a blessed day.
Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
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GOD OF HOPE
God of Hope
Running for His Life!
By: Dave Illingworth Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar told a story about Bear Bryant and his quarterback, Roddy Osborne, at a football game between Alabama and Auburn that had a very dramatic ending. Listening to the story, I was confused—I have followed college...
Oh No! Celsus
By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: Greek philosopher Celsus wrote, “Christians utterly defeat themselves. They slander each other with the vilest forms of abuse.” Getting it right: Jesus said, “By this everyone will know you are my disciples, if you...
Love, Lombardi, and the Green Bay Packers
By: Dave Illingworth In 1985 I was the General Manager of the Cincinnati region of Toyota Motors Sales, USA. We were having a regional dealer meeting in Traverse City, MI. I had invited retired offensive lineman Jerry Kramer and Fuzzy Thurston of the Champion...
Clipping Her Wings?
By: Dave Illingworth The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus recorded, “a woman in all things is inferior to a man.” Women were treated badly in both the ancient Roman and Jewish worlds. Roman women had no rights, were not allowed to own property, and held the...
Oh No! Immigration
By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: “This (immigration) isn’t about religion.” - Houston Texans football players to Atheist teammate Arian Foster Getting it right: “Love your neighbor...” (Matthew 5:43; Matthew 19:19; Mark 12:33; Luke 10:27; John...
Secrets of Success: Four Things I Learned at Chrysler
By: Dave Illingworth In 1969 I started working at Chrysler Corporation in the Dodge division at the field office in Portland, OR. As a new hire, I was expected to work up to 18 months in the office and then be sent out as a district sales manager calling on...
Oh No! Cheerful Givers
By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: “I give God 10%. Why do I need to give you 18%?” (A note left for an Applebee’s waitress in St. Louis, MO.) Getting it right: Jesus said, “It’s more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35 Chelsa Welsh,...
Teamwork: Man’s First Trip to the Moon
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy set an unheard of goal for America when before a joint session of the United States Congress he declared, “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieve the goal before the decade is out of landing a man on the...
Oh No! Turned Away and Turned Off
By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: Gandhi, “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so not like your Christ.” Getting it right: Jesus said, “Love your neighbor.” (Matthew 22:37) Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu...
A Legacy of Perseverance
By: JDI - Dave Illingworth I once read about a nine-year-old boy whose father was a poor, uneducated farmer. The boy’s mother, his only source of inspiration and love, was dying. She struggled to whisper her last desperate words to the boy and his sister. She...
Oh No! Here Come the Christians – Dave Illingworth
Getting it wrong! “Oh no! Here come the Christians.” A whispered comment overheard between two board members at a public school board meeting on bullying in Long Beach, California.
Getting it right! Jesus said, “ Be merciful…work for peace…love your enemies…do not judge others.” Matthew 5:7,5:9,5:44,7:1
Young people excited about the new experience of entering high school have their dreams turn into nightmares by bullying.