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Molly Mahoney: i knew it. As soon as I saw that suit. Henry Weston: Knew what? Molly Mahoney: You're a 'just' guy. Henry Weston: What's a 'just' guy? Molly Mahoney: A guy just like you. Same hair, same suit, same shoes, walks around, no matter what, you think it's all just a store, it's just a bench,…

They knew the cadets were waffling. Some were pulling south, others north. They knew that the only hope they had to unite them was to appeal to their sense of patriotism and duty. So on that February day they marched them into the chapel to celebrate what they designed to be a unifying event. They thought…

Bill Hybels, pastor of Willow Creek Church in Barrington, Il, tells of one such incident in his life. He was attending his son’s soccer game as many of us do. His son’s coach was a man named Brian. Every practice he was there, setting up the practice cones and instructing the kids. One day at practice,…

In the movie, The Gladiator, which I have never watched because of its R rating for graphic violence there is a scene which I read about which is very riveting. The story centers around Maixmus, a Roman general, who through a maze of events goes from celebrated warrior to caged slave, then to unvanquished…

If you’d have had the pleasure of playing basketball at UCLA during the glory days of Coach John Wooden, you’d have learned the value of repetition. Freshmen arriving for the first day of practice were full of anticipation. How would the legendary John Wooden open his first practice? Would he speak of…

The doctor became a patient in order to convince the patients to trust him. The diagnosis is clear: an inflamed appendix. In his distinguished thirty-seven-year medical career, Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane had performed nearly four thousand appendectomies, so this surgery would be uneventful in all ways—except…

By the time police arrested him for the 22nd time, John Sala knew that he had reached the end of the line. This time he was guilty of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and grand theft. When the prison gate swung shut this time, it would be a long time before it reopened. Jail was the best thing that…

What if you lived each day with faith in Christ? During periods of great change, answers do not last very long but a question is worth a lot. The word question is derived from the Latin quaerere (to seek), which is the same root as the word quest. Jon Collins of Stanford's Graduate School of Business…

In 1990, the percentage of Americans who were in church on any given Sunday averaged 20.4%. That means of the roughly 300 million people in the country around 60 million of them would have been in church. Because of population growth and the impact of a secularized culture, in 2005 the percentage of…

The path may not always be what you thought it would be, but be assured that God is in control. One Christian author told this story about an interesting principle he learned: “Several years ago I met a gentleman who served on one of Walt Disney’s original advisory boards. What amazing stories he told!…

The Web page is the first impression that many peo­ple have of the Bellevue Church in Springfield, Mis­souri. Reading the introduction of the ministers made me laugh and want to meet them. Here are excerpts: unCOMMON pastor, Hunter Sherman. Who knows how old? He won't say. He is a professor at Baptist…

Your testimony could be what helps keep others in the Christian race. That great American hero, editor, school teacher, and clergyman Elijah Lovejoy left the pulpit and returned to the press in order to be sure his words reached more people. The Civil War might have been averted and a peaceful emancipation…

A good conqueror is always ready for an attack. History books are filled with stories of empires, kingdoms, kings, and queens. It seems as if empire after empire rose to power, ruled for years, then was conquered by another empire. This cycle is even seen around the birth of Christ which was during the…

How do you begin to gauge your church’s unique climate? Randy Frazee: If I had one day with a congregation to gauge its climate, I would do five things. Meet with the leaders to hear what they’re talking about-is it controlling dissension or reaching out, internal or external issues? Is the prominent…

Vision, Bad A state trooper pulled a car over on a lonely back road and approached the driver. "Ma'am, is there a reason that you're weaving all over the road?" The woman replied, "Oh officer, thank goodness you're here! I almost had an accident. I looked up and there was a tree right in front of me.…

Our vision statement: “Fellowship Church exists to reach up in worship, to reach out in evangelism, and to reach in in discipleship.” Andy Stanley/Ed Young, Can We Do That: 24 Innovative Practices That Will Change the Way You Do Church, (Howard Publishing Co.), 2002. pg. 41

Define what the future should look like I see a church continually developing an environment that fosters spiritual discovery and growth for every age. This environment is one of acceptance for those who are new, competence for those who hurt, and authenticity for those who are skeptics of organized…

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Famous writers sum up their lives in just six words By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY Could you sum up your life in six words? Writers took the pithy challenge in Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure from Smith Magazine, edited by Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith…

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Japanese Proverb, 48days.com, 01/24/2006

Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. -Thomas Carlyle Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 2, Jacob M. Braude, page 632

In his book Survival Skills: Leading Your Church in a Changing World, Stan Toler quoted a church leader who obviously was seminar-weary: "I have a mission; or is it a vision; or are they goals? Oh, who cares! God will sort it all out in His will." But leadership without a definite vision is like a luxury…

by Dr. John C. Maxwell The history of Henry Ford and the Model T illustrates a fundamental truth about leadership: leaders never outgrow the need to change. On his way to dominating the automotive market with the Model T, Henry Ford embodied innovation and progress. However, the dominance of Ford Motor…

The person … who looks for quick results in the seed planting of well-doing will be disappointed. If I want potatoes for dinner tomorrow, it will do me little good to go out and plant potatoes in my garden tonight. There are long stretches of darkness and invisibility and silence that separate planting…

It’s not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena …who, at best, knows in the end the triumph of great achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least…