Happy New Year’s Eve!
At the beginning of a New Year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers' New Year's resolutions on the bulletin board. As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great commotion…
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No Reserves! No Retreats! No Regrets!
In 1904 William Borden (1887-1913), whose father made a fortune in Colorado silver mining, graduated from a Chicago high school. His graduation present was a trip around the world. Traveling…
Can’t vs. Can Do Attitudes!
I really try to listen to people. I constantly listen to people around my own age group on the phone or in person. When I get off the phone or…
Christmas Can Be Tainted by Sin!
The late Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko (1932-1997) once shared the other side of the Christmas Story in one of his columns. He told about a stranger who put $1,600 in gold…
Christmas Holds All Time Together!
Christmas is the day that holds all time together! The two hardest things to say in life are HELLO for the first time and GOODBYE for the last time. What HELLO still makes…
Christmas Day – Be Not Afraid!
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE WE HAVE NO FEAR The angel Gabriel got back to heaven and rushed up to God and said, "I've got good news, and I've got bad news." And…
Jesus – The Gift of Christmas!
On Christmas Day a small manger scene sat on a table just inside the doorway to a neatly kept home. People hurried past it all day. They barely noticed the…
A Christmas That Fascinates Us!
It was two days before Christmas and two men were standing at Michigan Avenue and Delaware Place in Chicago during the Christmas rush, waiting for the red light to change. …
Christmas Is a Necessity!
Christmas is a necessity! There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we are here for something else besides ourselves. This is another…
If You Were at Bethlehem!
Maybe you have told yourself – “If I had been there at Bethlehem that night, I would have seen, I would have understood and I would have known it was the…
