Late one summer evening in Broken Bow, Nebraska, a weary truck driver pulled his rig into an all-night truck stop. The waitress had just served him when three tough looking, leather jacketed motorcyclists - of the Hell’s Angels type - decided to give him a hard time. Not only did they...
The Tapestry of Your LifeHave you ever had things not go the way you wanted? Maybe your life has not turned out exactly the way you thought it would? Often times when life doesn’t go the way we want it to, I tell others what one of my professors shared with me. He said, “ A long time...
What would you do if you won the $1.4 billion dollar lottery? Spend it on yourself? Share some of it with others? Pay off all your bills? Help those less fortunate? The truth is you don’t have to win the lottery to change the world.For a certain single mom the last few years had been hard...
So, it’s January. Gray and cold. Yuck! The presents are all unwrapped. Some have even been returned and exchanged already. The toys have long since been torn from the boxes and had their initial use. The lights on the houses in the neighborhood have all come down. The Christmas trees are...
Have you ever battled the crowds at the mall during Christmas? Years ago there was an old woman who lived way out in the country. But this year she came into the city to do some last minute Christmas shopping. She had never seen so many cars parked in a parking lot and she had also never seen an...
Have you ever made a list of things you wanted for Christmas? Are you are still looking for something special for someone in your family? If that is the case, then how about an up grade on a cell phone? The iPhone 3G Kings Button is dressed with high quality diamonds and gold that makes it...
A 21st Century Ebenezer Scrooge! John D. Rockefeller, Sr. is an example of a person that had to reach the end of him self before he could get a proper perspective on life. Rockefeller drove himself to achieve one ambition in life, to make money. At the age of 33 he...
Well it’s almost Thanksgiving. How in the world did that happen? It’s the time of year when friends and family get together and give thanks for the many blessings that we have. But even in the best of circumstances we can get a...
Most of the time I like to pass on a serious story that challenges us to live more like the Lord would want us to. However, sometimes we just need to break up our day and laugh. So take 60 seconds and smile. A judge was interviewing a woman regarding her pending divorce, and...
In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a History teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock , Arkansas did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school Superintendent, the Principal and the building...