“Nancy Duarte starts her book Resonate by describing a simple phenomenon in physics called “resonance.” Resonance occurs when the frequency of an object’s natural vibration responds to an external stimulus of the same frequency. Duarte then describes her son’s salt experiment. He put grains of salt on a plate and created complex patterns when amplified…
A motivational speaker started his presentation by holding up a one- hundred-dollar bill. He asked, “What’s it worth?’ Someone in the front row said, “A hundred dollars if it’s real”. The speaker crumpled the bill, “Now what’s it worth?” “A hundred dollars!” came a chorus of answers.” Then the speaker threw the bill on the…
Dear Abba, Thank you for allowing me to take refuge in You. Thank you for encompassing me and filling me with Your love! In Jesus’ name, Amen.
A farmer went to a big city to visit his sister for the weekend. He attended church with her. When he got home his wife asked how it was. He said it was okay, but all they sang were those praise songs. He said it would be like if I talked to you saying, ‘The…
While my husband and I lived in the Boston area, I was privileged to help write and provide teacher workshops on a water conservation curriculum for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority called Water Wisdom. Part of the purpose of the curriculum is to provide activities that can help teachers and students learn how to use…
Dear Abba, Thank you for meeting all of my needs in the past, today and in the future. Thank you for always being faithful and supportive. Thank you for the prayers that You have answered and for the prayers that You are going to answer. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
What happens to us is less important than how we react to it. Take the case of the donkey that fell in a pit. The farmer who owned the donkey had trouble figuring out how to get him out. He decided just to bury the old donkey where he was by filling in the pit. …
A friend of mine, who taught rhetoric (speaking and writing) to college freshmen, assigned her classes to write essays on the two or three people, or incidents they thought had the most effect on their development as a person. The occurrences or behaviors they were to report on could include either positive or negative experiences.…
Dear Abba, As I place all of my trust in You, please help me to wait patiently while you work out the plans for my life. I trust that You know what is best for me and the right time for things to happen in my life. Thank you, Lord, for your help and guidance.…
Ole was the pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Pastor Sven was the pastor of the Swedish Covenant Church just down the street in their small town. One day they joined forces and were seen pounding a sign into the ground. It read, “DA END ISS NEAR! TURN YERSELF AROUNT NOW BAFOR IT ISS TOO…