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serving God leftovers

Posted by marvin williams on September 12th, 2010 | 3 responses

A few years ago, radio commentator Paul Harvey shared a true story about a woman and her frozen turkey. The Butterball Turkey Company set up a telephone hotline to answer consumer questions about preparing holiday turkeys.... read more »

our daily bread

Posted by K. T. Sim on September 7th, 2010 | 5 responses

Both the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program report that 1.02 billion people (15 percent of the world population) went to bed hungry in 2009. Every day, 18,000 children under the age... read more »

giving to others

Posted by marvin williams on August 5th, 2010 | 5 responses

Rebekah Rushing who was a high-level assistant at Enron Corporation before it collapsed due to accounting fraud in 2001, demonstrated that ethics is much more than not doing wrong. She went beyond looking out for herself.... read more »

tossing it back

Posted by tom felten on July 3rd, 2010 | 9 responses

During a Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals last summer, a man named Steve Monforto caught a foul ball as he sat in the bleachers. Since fans are allowed to keep balls... read more »

correct change

Posted by regina franklin on June 5th, 2010 | 4 responses

Making decisions while shopping has never been one of my strong points. I take forever to settle on a purchase, and then all the way from the checkout line to my house, I still question whether or not I got the best... read more »

one, two, three . . .

Posted by tom felten on May 27th, 2010 | 9 responses

When my son was a toddler, I played a game with him that made a big splash—literally. As I stood in the water, just a few feet from the edge of the pool, I would reach out my arms and encourage him to leap from the... read more »

rich

Posted by regina franklin on May 26th, 2010 | 5 responses

Their fatigue and discomfort blended with the barren landscape as the group walked through the dirt streets. Trash littered what could hardly be considered front yards. This arid area of Choluteca known as “The New... read more »

refusing to play the fool

Posted by winn collier on May 25th, 2010 | 8 responses

Israeli media recently reported on the frenzied scene in garbage dumps around Tel Aviv, as people searched for one million dollars stuffed in an old mattress that had been accidentally discarded. A woman identified only by... read more »

the kingdom of things

Posted by sheridan voysey on May 7th, 2010 | 12 responses

Since 1993, sales of luxury cars in my country— Australia—have doubled. Since the 1950s, Australian homes have doubled in size, yet the average family has decreased by a third. We’ve been on a pilgrimage to... read more »

buyer’s remorse

Posted by pohfangchia on April 27th, 2010 | 13 responses

Have you ever experienced buyer’s remorse? I have. I wonder why I buy half the clothes hanging in my closet. Just prior to making a purchase, I feel the positive emotions that come with getting something new.... read more »