Glad Tidings of Good Things (June 18, 2018)
Pushing Past Failure
Sparky didn’t have much going for him. He failed every subject in the eighth grade, and in high school, he flunked Latin, algebra, English, and physics. He made the golf team but...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (April 5, 2018)
All but a Nail
A Haitian wanted to sell his house for $2,000.
Another man wanted to buy it, but he was poor, and couldn’t afford the full price.
After much bargaining, the owner agreed to sell...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (May 3, 2018)
Ways to Improve Your Relationship with God
Spend five minutes of prayer in which you do nothing but praise Him (Psalm 22:3).
Do something for Him that requires you to step out of your...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (June 28, 2018)
Too Many to Count
One day Abraham Lincoln summoned to the White House a surgeon in the Army of the Cumberland from the state of Ohio. The major assumed that he was to be commended...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (May 31, 2018)
The Kindness Line
A lady was waiting in line at the grocery store checkout. The lines were unexpectedly long that day. Ahead, she could see something being passed along from the front of the line....
Glad Tidings of Good Things (May 10, 2018)
You Are Richer . . .
You are richer today than you were yesterday if you have laughed often, given something, forgiven even more, made a new friend, or made stepping stones of stumbling blocks.
You...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (June 7, 2018)
A Brick in the Wall
You may have heard the expression: “He was a brick!” Few know the origin and significance of that expression. The term implies all that is brave and loyal.
Plutarch, in writing...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (February 21, 2019)
Hated But Loved
America’s most famous architect, the late Frank Lloyd Wright, designed some unusual buildings. Among them is Fallingwater, a house built in the mid-1930s over a waterfall in southwest Pennsylvania. Stretching out over...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (March 21, 2019)
The Rule of “Three”
Three things to govern: Temper, tongue, conduct
Three things to cultivate: Courage, affection, gentleness
Three things to commend: Thrift, industry, promptness
Three things to despise: Cruelty, arrogance, ingratitude
Three things...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (June 27, 2019)
What We Deserve
A mother approached Napoleon seeking a pardon for her son. The emperor replied that the young man had committed a certain offense twice and that justice demanded death.
“But I don’t ask for...