Passion In his 84 years, Thomas Edison patented over a thousand inventions. He is most famous for inventing the light bulb, but made more money off the alkaline battery. Edison was a bulldog, unwilling to accept failure as a final outcome to his efforts. Before he successfully invented the alkaline battery,…

REST A new study suggests that companies that operate all-nights shifts to increase profitability may not realize the total cost of maintaining a third shift. The study by Circadian Technologies of Lexington Massachusetts suggests the night shift may cost companies upwards of $206 billion a year, roughly…

Transcript It is always very difficult knowing how to explain what I do when people ask me. I’m a Cannon in the Church of England. But if I say that, people don’t know what I’m talking about. So I try to be a little bit creative. I was sitting next to a lady in an airplane at Heathrow Airport. And I…

The Sonic restaurant in Raymore, Missouri hopes to give their customers a little something extra by including verses from the Bible with their food. The store used to print the verses on customer’s receipts, but a recent software upgrade eliminated that possibility. In order to continue the tradition,…

NFL Quarterback Tim Tebow got a lot of playing time during the 2015 pre-season, but in the end, he was cut from the Philadelphia Eagles rooster. Coach Chip Kelly said he did was not sure the quarterback was good enough to retain for the regular season. When a reporter caught up with Tebow later, he did…

Diet One Liners: * I try to lose weight, but it keeps finding me. * My figure does nothing for me, so why should I do anything for it? * Diet is 'die' with a -T. * Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. * Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their…

Author Anne Lamont said, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Just as unplugging a computer and re-plugging it allows the computer to reset and start over, it is important for us to unplug at times. God knew this in the beginning, he made us to unplug…

When an employer mistreats an employee, one possible response is to quit. Another possibly would be to convince the entire staff to quit at the same time. After the manager of a footwear and apparel store in a New York mall was rude to an employee, all three employees of the store quit. They wrote a…

When President Jimmy Carter announced on Meet the Press, January 20, 1980 that he intended to boycott the Moscow Olympic Games, it altered the lives of many American athletes, like Bob Bugg. He had qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials already, unlike many others, and could have earned a place on the…

In his book, Church is a Team Sport: A Championship Strategy for Doing Ministry Together, Jim Putman writes, “the church is supposed to be a collection of transformed individuals molded by God into a team.” --Church is a Team Sport, 66. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Wilson Tsoi The biblical imagery…

Mark Titus holds the record for the most individual career wins in Ohio State basketball history. He was teammates with seven future NBA players. In his four years he scored a total of nine points, had five rebounds, and three assists while playing only 48 minutes. After his days on the team were over…

There is a story about a minister who had a strange dream. He dreamt that he had died and was trying to get into heaven. When he approached the pearly gates, St. Peter told him he needed 100 points to get in. Proudly the minister said, "Well, I was a pastor for 43 years." "Fine," said St. Peter, "That's…

“Satan dreads nothing… but prayer. His one concern is to keep the saints from praying. He fears nothing from prayer less studies, prayer less work, prayer less religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.” -- Samuel Chadwick As quoted from Allister Begg in his sermon…

Colin Powell learned a valuable lesson about work early in his life. While working at the Teamsters Hall on soft drink delivery trucks, Powell accepted a job as a porter at a Pepsi bottling plant, not knowing what a porter actually did. The first day on his new job, the future Chairman of the Joint Chiefs…

The man who made a huge contribution to the modern world recently passed away, but very few people are aware of what he did. Eugene Polley went to work for the Zenith Corporation in 1935. During his 47 year career with the company’s engineering department, Polley worked on several projects. Most never…

Quality Time Wearing a fresh shine on his shoes, a suit his wife gave him on graduation day and a determined look on his face, Brian stood outside his new office. It wasn't the corner office, but it looked pretty good to him. The smell of new leather from his chair and the warm glow of sunshine streaming…

In the book, Soul Custody, author Steven Smith makes the case that believers need to choose to move toward a less busy and more disciplined life. Smith writes, ”Every single person who feels more dead than alive, more tired than energized, more burned-out than motivated, more unfulfilled than thriving…

Do you ever feel like you are just going in circles? Turns out you may be normal. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics studied people trying to walk a straight line in the desert and the forest. They discovered that people walk in circles. The study was published in the…

ALERT An Australian air traffic controller left some airline passengers up in the air. The controller overslept and arrived late to work. As a result the control tower at Canberra International Airport opened 20 minutes late, which forced an arriving Quantas Boeing 737 from Perth to circle over the city…

New research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology has found that being rude is contagious. Researchers tracked 90 graduate business school students and found that if they rated someone they interacted with a rude, they were also more likely to be judged as rude by someone else. The researcher…

In the 1960’s, Simon and Garfunkel was one of the top recording artists. Then right at the top of their popularity they split up, going their separate musical ways. Now 45 years later we discover that Art Garfunkel has never forgiven Paul Simon for the breakup. Attributing the breakup to Simon’s unwillingness…

A man whose actions changed the course of human history remained humble about his accomplishments until the day he died. Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on the moon in July 1969. His statement as he stepped onto the lunar surface has become one of the best known quotes in the…

During the U.S. Women’s Soccer Teams run to the World Cup Championship game, team Stephanie Cox didn’t get a lot of playing time, but says she something more important in the process. Cox played a total of 67 minutes in six games. Though a little frustrating, she said it served as a reminder of her responsibility…

The sportsman will tell you that there may be many birds in a field, but you do not know how many until you walk through. Then you discover them and see them on the wing. When the wheel turns you will be able to see the force of the current. You will see the speed of the horse when you put him to his…