Life Is 90 Percent Reaction

I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we react to it.

The Price of Stubbornness

Between two farms near Valleyview, Alberta, you can find two parallel fences, only two feet apart, running for a half mile. Why are there two fences when ...

Humor: Just Being Friendly

One morning as I walked down the driveway to our mailbox, I noticed a stranger walking up the neighbor's drive. He called out, "Hi, lady."

Wanting to be ...

Phyllis Williams: A Refuge for Refugees

"What we did wasn't that remarkable. We just learned to move over," says Phyllis Williams of University City, Missouri, outside of St. Louis. In 1980, ...

Taking Marriage Vows Seriously

Author and business leader Fred Smith writes: One of my treasured memories comes from a doughnut shop in Grand Saline, Texas. There was a young farm couple ...

Taking Proper Aim

Shooting above people's heads doesn't mean you have superior ammunition--it means you are a lousy shot. Without a sense of love and acceptance, people ...

Getting Rich in Heaven

I hope to grow rich in heaven by taking care of orphans on earth.

Examples of Martin Luther's Love

When Martin Luther married, neither he nor his bride, Katherine von Bora, felt "in love." Katherine was still getting over a broken engagement ...

The Call to True Devotion

He has not learned the nature of piety who thinks it too much to be pious in all his actions.

How to Choose a Wife

I am none of those insane lovers who embrace also the vices of those with whom they are in love, where they are smitten at first sight with a fine figure. ...