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Jonathan Merki • Millville Church of the Nazarene • Illustration • • 43 views • 0:56
Reflections Podcasts
Rosemary Laxton • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 50 views • 12:23
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 27 views
The V formation formed by migrating geese can teach us many lessons when it comes to believers working together to reach common goals in the church.
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 13 views
When a dove flies over a landscape it sees the clear streams and the fields of corn, but when a vulture passes over the same landscape what does it see? A dead horse here and there, a carcass, or a piece of carrion. Everybody sees according to his eyes. A graceless, impure-minded man cannot see purity.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes, “Bezos embodies three characteristics that separate him from all other mere mortal entrepreneurs. He believes that resourcefulness is the greatest virtue. He faces…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
Mike Oberloier was 11 years old when his father told him about a steam shovel sitting on the bottom of Wixom Lake in Michigan. Since that day, Oberloier dreamed of retrieving the machine and restoring it. His opportunity came when the Edenville Dam failed in May 2020, draining the lake. He assembled…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
In their book, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer write, “In white-water kayaking they teach you to look at the clear, safe water next to the dangerous hole you want to avoid. Experts have found that if you stare at what you are desperate to avoid, you are…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A group of psychologists conducted a series of experiments on how people performed on tests that measured their cognition while their cell phones were in different locations. One group had them on the desk with them; the other had them in their pocket or bag, while the third group left them in another…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
A Vermont state board will hear a man’s request to change the name of a mountain because the name does not mean anything. Hartland resident Rob Hutchins said he discovered that the name of Mount Ascutney was made up and the original name of the nearby peak was Kasdaenak, which means “wide mountain” in…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
In Nebraska, Craig Luttman noticed that six young squirrels were attached by their sap soaked tails and could not get free. He said, it was "kind of like a tug of war, going in completely opposite directions." —Jim L. Wilson https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/young-squirrels-rescued-ordeal-tangled-tails-55235815…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
In their book, Introducing Leadership: A Practical Guide, Alison and David Price write, "Great things are born from great opportunity –either to rectify a negative situation or optimize a positive one. When a leader spots such a chance and creates a compelling vision, amazing things can be achieved."…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Police in the Netherlands helped a 99-year-old woman fulfill one of her lifelong dreams. The woman, named Annie, said she wanted to “experience a police cell from within.” He niece contacted the local police department and organized the elderly woman’s arrest, to help make her dream come true. In response,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
It took him 60 years, but 96-year old Alfonso Gonzales received a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from the University of Southern California. For years, Gonzales thought he had graduated. When relatives contacted the university to get a copy of Gonzales’ diploma, they found that he was one unit…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
PERSEVERANCE Adrianne Haslet-Davis promised that one day she would run the Boston Marathon. She made the vow while recovering from losing the lower part of her left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. She was standing among the spectators when the explosions ripped through the crowd. Running with…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
What are your goals for eternity? Ron Hopper’s final wish was for his fishing buddies to mix his ashes with their bait on their long-planned fishing trip to Thailand. Hopper, 64, was dying of cancer when he made the request. His friends mixed his ashes with the bait and they caught a record-breaking…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Lenworth “Kip” Williamson made a resolution on January 1, 1989 that he would run every day. Twenty-seven years later Williamson is still running and in May 2016, he marked 10,000 days. Williamson said he was always an outdoor runner and the winter of 1989 was mild, so he decided to keep running. He said…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
Andy Stanley says, “Vision is a clear mental picture of what could be, fueled by the conviction that it should be.”—Jim L. Wilson -- Visioneering: God’s blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Personal Vision, pg 18. Joel 2:28 (NASB) “It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
The town of Rijukan, Norway, which is about 90 miles west of Oslo, has found a way to bring light into its sun-deprived town. They have set up three huge computer controlled mirrors, which will follow the faint sunlight as it moves across the horizon, directing it into the town square. Visionary town…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
At the end of the 2012 baseball season, many people expected the San Francisco Giants to put outfielder Melky Cabrera, who had been suspended for using a banned substance, on their post-season roster to help them make a run at World Championship. The team decided character was as important as production…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 584 views
Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia said, “It must be borne in mind that the tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
As believers, we are called to encourage one another. As parents, we are called to encourage our children. Jessica Chastain says that she grew up so afraid of failure that she gave up her social life. She dreamed of becoming an actor since she was a young child. The adults in her life never encouraged…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
When Ellie Hasbani lost his leg to a land mine during the civil war in Lebanon in 1975, he had no idea what he Lord would do with his life. During the war, Hasbani saw death and destruction all around him, and ended up hating his life because of what he had become. When the mine exploded, Hasbani was…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
“A South Carolina man has fulfilled his long-held ambition of catching a fish while sitting on his couch. Jason Schall, 38, ran a fishing line from his living room to the lake outside while watching a college football game. Fishing buddy Jason Bennett said Schall ‘wasn’t on the couch three minutes’ before…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
New research suggests that the best way to reach a goal is make a specific plan and follow it, but for those striving for several goals at once, planning is not as effective. The study which appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, compiled results from several experiments, which found that people…