The most recent common complaint heard among many older members is the lack of gratitude displayed by recipients of a gift. Time and again I hear older members lament how a gift (perhaps a graduation, wedding or birthday present – most often money) is never recognized with a “thank you” note. It irks lots of [...]
March 2010
The Internet and email are among the most time-consuming passions of people today. There are far too many survey results to cite that prove the point, but I don’t think they’re even necessary. Most of us can simply look at our own lives and realize we waste precious time surfing the net, reading/responding/creating email messages, [...]
Sowing seed used to be much more personal than it is today. Farmers now use machinery. Rural America was once characterized by farm workers sowing seeds as this photograph depicts. One person casting the seeds onto prepared ground. True to the parable of the sower, not all seed lands on good ground, or soil capable [...]
The scriptures admonish us to prove ourselves – because life is a test. 2Cor. 13:5 “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” Regarding the word “prove” Mr. Barnes comments: “This word, prove, refers [...]
1Pet. 2:9, 10 “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had [...]
2Cor. 6:2 “For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” James 4:14 “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is [...]
If you’re discontented and unhappy And your place and purpose grow dim, There is always a ship at Joppa If you don’t want to stay and win. If you turn from the task of the present To follow a beckoning star, There is always a ship at Joppa To take you from where you are. [...]
Before the advent of McDonald’s few companies embraced or even understood the power of systems that would deliver predictable and consistent service or products. Modern assembly lines were well established during the industrial revolution, but that was manufacturing. Few had considered using such approaches to deliver something to customers on the spot. That is, until [...]
Baseball is basically a no-contact sport. I can think of 2 exceptions. When players of the same team run into each other while chasing a fly ball. And when a runner is coming home only to be confronted by a catcher blocking home plate. But baseball is among the most whining, complaining, ill-tempered sports going. [...]
“Turn” is a verb. “Clear” is also a verb. “Vision” is the noun. Tourist spots around the country have these coin operated binoculars. The red knob located between the eyes enables the user to focus the image. Turn the knob and it clears up the vision. It’s nice to have a knob like that, one [...]
