A Twig in the Cement
While digging the foundation for a new church in Kingston, Jamaica, I learned a lesson about character I will not soon forget. Lacking the most in construction experience, I depended on the directions of my skilled co-laborers. After shoveling through several yards of ditches for the foundation in the sweltering tropical heat one afternoon, we finally started to pour the cement.
The Day Jesus Shouted
Many remember a time when Jesus stood silent before his accusers; but there was another time, much less remembered, when he actually SHOUTED. He raised his voice above the festal crowd and, but for a moment, the Lion of Judah roared.
You Were Formed for It!
“Two are better than one…” – Ecclesiastes 4:9
“The better part of one’s life consist of his friendships.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Describe the best day of your life?” In the manner of Art Linkletter, the former television talk show host who made a living asking children great questions, Daley Mackall asked this question of a little girl named Meredith: “Describe the best day of your life?”
Ask Up!
Art Linkletter captured the hearts of millions of Americans thirty-five years ago when he tried something on television that no one else was doing – asking children questions. He carved out a niche for himself and drew upon his audience’s fascination by giving children the microphone while the adults sat back for a change . . . and listened. Linkletter summed up his motivation for quizzing kids in his books, Kids Say The Darndest Things: “There’s a vast gulf between the world of children and our own. And every time we bridge that gulf – even if it’s only for a moment – we recapture some of the freshness and spontaneity that make life worth living.”
