On October 30, 2000, The Chicago Sun Times carried the story of a pig that traveled on a six-hour US Airways flight from Philadelphia to Seattle. And he didn’t ride coach, either. Two passengers convinced the airline representative that the pig was a “therapeutic companion pet” — in other words, like a seeing-eye dog — so the pig was permitted to sit with them in the first-class cabin of the ...

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Deep down in nearly every life there are disappointments of one kind or another. If you have not ever had a huge disappointment, the time will come when it will happen. No one is immune to disappointments — literally no one. Even the most successful among us have dreams that are never realized, and things for which we hope that never come true. What do you do when you are confronted with...

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A man said to his friend, “I recently had to have some plastic surgery. I had taken on too much debt, so I took a pair of scissors and cut up my credit cards.” He is not the only person who needs that kind of plastic surgery. I might add that our country could also profit from some plastic surgery. No one, and no nation, can continue indefinitely to spend more than is taken in without fa...

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One of my seminary professors many years ago said, “As you minister to those who are suffering or have experienced a great loss, remember this: There will be times when you do not know what to say. Don’t say anything! Your presence, your concern, and the One you represent will say more than any words you could express.” He was saying that there are times when words are both inadequate an...

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Jesus often used parables to convey spiritual truth. The Gospels contain 38, and 16 of these deal with money management. In fact, the New Testament says more about managing your money than about heaven and hell combined. Five times more is said about money than prayer. While the New Testament contains more than 500 verses on both prayer and faith, over 2,000 verses deal with money and yo...

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