STOP AND THINK – We ought to learn from the past; we ought to look to the future, but we ought to live in the present. (Philip De Courcy, Pastor and Bible teacher) Some of us like to “live in the past.” We’re nostalgic and long for the...
STOP AND THINK – Do they still make wooden Christmas trees? (Charlie Brown, Peanuts cartoon character) Christmas is just three weeks away and already children are excited, anticipating the holidays and gifts. But Charlie Brown’s question...
STOP AND THINK – Trusting God is not only scary, it’s often illogical. Trust anyway. (Mike Lee, American pastor) Faith is a unique quality. It doesn’t require empirical evidence or laboratory testing. We all express faith in many ways...
STOP AND THINK – You can’t experiment if you don’t have time to fail. (Kary Oberbrunner, author and motivational speaker) The fear of failure keeps many people from trying something new, from stepping out of the normal routine to move at a...
STOP AND THINK – The energy it takes to hang onto the past [may be] holding you back from a new life. (Mary Manin Morrissey, teacher and author) Some of us really like to live in the past, don’t we? We’re nostalgic, and we’re often longing...
STOP AND THINK – Leadership is not just a matter of action, but a matter of attitude. (Beau Stanley, pastor) When we think of leaders, we often picture a strong person, leading the troops out front, facing the obstacles, and encouraging his...
STOP AND THINK – There are three kinds of giving: grudge giving, duty giving, and thanksgiving. Grudge giving says, I have to ; duty giving says, I ought to ; thanksgiving says, I want to. (Robert Rodenmeyer, author) It’s Thanksgiving Day...
STOP AND THINK – You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. (C. S. Lewis, Christian apologist) I wonder what Lewis had in mind. Was he merely commenting on his great love of tea and good books, and how he...
On December 21, 1620, after a very difficult 66 day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, William Bradford wrote in his memoirs, “Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, we fell upon our knees and blessed God in heaven, who had...
STOP AND THINK – All other vices are embedded in evil, but vanity expresses itself in good works. (Augustine, 4th -5th century B.C. Christian theologian) Augustine identifies vanity, or pride, as a vice, an undesirable character flaw. We...
STOP AND THINK – At times I’m so discouraged with problems of the day, I fail to see the joyful things that are along the way. (Author unknown) The poem continues: When troubles overwhelm me, it’s then my nerves may fray...
STOP AND THINK – There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. (Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa) It has sometimes been said that “You can’t go back.”...
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