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Justin Shelton weighed over 450 pounds. His wife Lauren weighed over 300 pounds when they got married in 2008. In Jan 2012 Justin was hospitalized but he was too big for treatment. Together they decided to do something about it and in less than two years they have shed 524 pounds. The key for their success…

During the rush hour just outside Tokyo, Japan, a woman slipped into an 8-inch gap between a commuter train and the station platform. An announcement was made asking for help and scores of passengers responded. All together they pushed and lifted the 32-ton car enough that the woman could be dragged…

Recently, there was a picture in the newspaper of a three-wheeled tractor, with the following editorial comment, “The old farmer in his 50s or 60s sits on a tractor, driving it down a street, perhaps on his way to get it repaired. There is a major problem: he is missing the front left wheel. Not a flat…

In How Will You Measure Your Life?, by Clayton M. Christensen, and James Allworth write, “It is hard to overestimate the power of these motivators—the feelings of accomplishment and learning, of being a key player on a team that is achieving something meaningful.” -- How Will You Measure Your Life, p.…

Our taste buds and noses work in unison to produce the myriad of flavors we experience when we eat. Even within our mouths, there are a number of flavor receptors spread on the surface of the tongue that are designed to detect bitter, sweet, and salty. All these components work in concert to alert us…

Mechanical engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology published a report detailing the remarkable behavior of a group of ants in water. When dropped on to the surface of the water, a temporary cushion of air sounds the single ant, helping it float for a small period. When scientists drop a group…

TEAMWORK In his book, What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures, Malcolm Gladwell writes, “But the link between, say, IQ and job performance is distinctly underwhelming. On a scale where 0.1 or below means virtually no correlation and 0.7 or above implies a strong correlation (your height, for example,…

TEAMWORK On Thursday, July 23, 2009, Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. It was the first time a White Sox pitcher had accomplished such a feat in 87 years. A perfect game means that Buehrle didn’t allow a hit, and that no one got on base in the…

TEAMWORK In Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell writes, “The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication.” --Outliers: The Story of Success, 184 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Proverbs 27:9 (NIV) “Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,…

Partnership We were quite a pair. At my last church, there were five of us on staff, two full-time people, me and the secretary and three part-time ministers. One of the part-time pastors was Dr. McGuffin, a semi-retired pastor who'd spent the bulk of his ministry pastoring in New Mexico and California.…

Building Memories Deciding to buy her grandmother's 18-foot trailer was the easy decision, but knowing what to do next was the problem. When Susan's Grandmother died, her Grandfather wanted to get rid of their camping trailer, the price was within our means, so we bought it. Oh, it is nothing fancy,…

COOPERATION David Letterman recently quipped, “People say New Yorkers can’t get along. Not true. I saw two New Yorkers, complete strangers, sharing a cab. One guy took the tires and the radio; the other guy took the engine. —Reader’s Digest, Sept 2003, p. 61 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson People who normally…

Thomas … and Nathaniel. Nathaniel was a superstitious person. … Nathaniel believed things way too easily. … Without checking them out enough. … There was a time when Jesus simply said … “Nathaniel … I saw you under the fig tree.” Having nothing more to go on than this statement … Nathaniel says … “You…