Two astronauts were preparing for a trip to the moon. They were sent to test out some lunar procedures on a Navajo reservation in Arizona because the terrain there was similar to the surface of the moon. During the course of the practice exercises, the Navajo chief...
Shakespeare scholar and author William F. Zak, who has taught for many years at Salisbury State University (Maryland), reflects in a convocation address to students given many years ago on the what goes on in the four years of college. I just ran across this, but the...
Call to Worship: God is . . . So high, can’t get over HimGod is . . . So low, can’t get under HimGod is . . . So wide, can’t get ‘round HimGotta go in through the door. —African-American spiritual Benediction: Dance, dance, wherever you may beFor ‘I am… To...
Maybe we aren’t hearing Jesus speak because we’re not serious about hearing Jesus speak, just going through the motions. “A man went to church with an angel as his guide. Every seat in the church was filled, but there was something strange about the service. The...
All ideas come from someplace else. Take “Fantasia.” “Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) wrote about an apprentice who copied a sorcerer’s spell, but didn’t quite get it right. Using the spell, he charged his broom to replace him in the drudgeries of apprenticeship,...
While Henry Ford was on vacation in Dublin, Ireland, three priests asked him to make contributions to their new orphanage. Ford was receptive and wrote a check for 2000 pounds. The next day the headline in the small town newspaper announced that Ford had given 20,000...
