At Home He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, 18th-19th century German poet) In “The Wizard of Oz” Dorothy was encouraged to repeat: “There’s no place like home.” And that has been the thought of many...
Holiday Reminder Your children need your presence more than your presents. (Jesse Jackson, social activist) As you work through your Christmas gift list this month and consider what the children will want, consider this good advice. Gifts are an appropriate way to...
Wealth #3 God prospers us not to raise our standard of living, but to raise our standard of giving. (Randy Alcorn, author) In the “American Dream,” we see ourselves with a continual increase in our possessions and standard of living. A story in the Bible (Luke 12)...
Wealth #2 It’s not what you gather but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived. (Helen Walton, late philanthropist) Millionaire Malcolm Forbes is credited with saying, “He who dies with the most toys wins." To look in a lot of garages or storage...
Wealth #1 Remember, it is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. (Larry Mueller, philanthropist) While we are young, we don’t think much about health. We may exercise and eat wisely, but, generally, we just take health for granted. At the same...
Courage The brave man is not he who is not afraid, but he who conquers that fear. (Nelson Mandela, late president of South Africa) Mandela had suffered long imprisonment for his public engagement in efforts to bring equality to the citizens of his country. He said, “I...
Success God does not require that we succeed; he only requires that you try. (Mother Teresa) Illusive success is what aspiring athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs are hoping for. But for the world-famous nun who gave her life to alleviate the suffering of the...
Perspective You don’t climb mountains to get to the top; you climb them to see what other mountains there are to climb. (TV commercial) This TV commercial raises the question of perspective. Why climb the mountain? Some do it just “because it’s there.” Others because...
Wisdom God is God, and I am not. Songwriter Stephen Curtiss Chapman penned those familiar words and added: “I can only see a part of the picture he’s painting.” Many have made that same observation, and one added that “Humility is simply accepting that fact.” Too...
Change The best part of wanting to change the world...is [that] ultimately, YOU will be changed in the process. (Eugene Cho, world hunger relief advocate) When you study an issue, hoping for change, you often find that your heart and mind change. You likely become...
Significance Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do. (John Ortberg, American author and speaker) There is no doubt that we are living in significant times. And sometimes we are challenged to be significant, to live significant lives. But...
Thanksgiving I have found that viewing life through a lens of gratitude can change everything. (Vaneetha Rendall Risner, author) It’s a pity that many people celebrate Thanksgiving on only one day in the year. It is a great time for family and friends to enjoy...