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Rogelio Garcia Jr., 25, is an engineer with a degree from MIT. "I am living the American dream. I love my job. I don't have to worry about making next month's rent," Rogelio told "20/20." His sister, Adriana, 24, drives a sports car and is in management for a rental car chain. They're typical American…

“I can understand Job’s victories and Job’s defeats,” Chinese pastor Samuel Lamb explained. He spent 20 years at hard labor in a Chinese coalmine. The pastor truly believed God used his suffering to prepare him for his ministry. Lamb is quoted as saying, “My dear wife died while I was in prison. I was…

When Ray Fisman landed his first job after college, it was for a salary greater than all the money he had earned in his life up to that point. According to his own testimony, He was content, until the moment he discovered how much more other people just like him were earning. Then he said, “my monthly…

"I have to have a raise," the man said to his boss. "There are three other companies after me." "Is that so?" asked the manager. "What other companies are after you?" "The electric company, the telephone company, and the gas company." Mikey's Funnies, 33009

His Honor the mayor of Latham, Kansas, isn't so sure his new job is much of an honor at all. Nobody filed to run for the office, so Brett Calvin wound up with the job after he was elected with 17 write-in votes in a recent election... Latham residents, it turns out, are passionate about not wanting to…

Environmentalism should be regarded on the same level with religion "as the only compelling, value-based narrative available to humanity," according to a paper written two years ago to influence the future strategy of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), the world's would-be environmental…

Job Driving up Hwy 1 from the hospital back to the office today, the sheer beauty of God's creation startled me. To the right, was the forested area of Monterey to the left was an amazing view of the Bay. For a split second, I didn't know whether to look to the left or the right. Finally, I decided to…

Hire for the Heart, Not Just the Head You may be wondering how we manage to find enough formally trained, seminary-schooled pastors milling around among the laity to staff our church. The answer is very simple: We don’t. We don’t think, in our style of church, that people who are formally trained are…

I believe very strongly that the church rises and falls on leadership. You can talk about preaching, drama, events, and children’s activities all day and night, but nothing will start going and flowing until you have the right people in leadership positions. For a church to reach its full potential,…

When I was in the Navy I spent my last couple of years training sailors in various areas like maintenance, alcohol awareness, and integrity. One of the questions I used to ask the men and women in uniform was, “What do we do?” I’d get lots of answers depending upon who I was training, like “We maintain…

Tapestry I brought a small tapestry with me. Let me show it to you. Very pretty when you look at. Now look at the back. Jumbled, strings going in different directions, cut off, tied in knots. It doesn’t make much sense when you look at this side. But when you see it from the other side it all makes sense.…

People don’t walk away from a job; they walk away from a manager. The best way to build loyalty is by making an effort to know people at a personal level. Find common interests and build bridges into their world. Understand what makes them tick. Reward their successes. Appreciate each person in a way…

”Job Spelling”/ Teacher asks the kids in spelling class to tell what their father does for a living, and spell it. First kid says, "My daddy's a baker. That's b-a-k-e-r. He makes bread and lots of sweet goodies to eat." Second kid says, "My daddy's a banker. That's b-a-n-k-e-r. He makes lots of money,…

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep the streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."…

DDD = Doggie Designated Driver BEIJING (AP) — You can't teach an old dog new tricks. A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday. No injuries were reported, although the vehicles…

The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, and one of the applicants - who was not known to be the brightest academically, was called in for an interview. "Okay," began the sheriff, "What is 1 and 1?" "Eleven," came the reply. The sheriff thought to himself, "That's not what I meant, but he's right."…