Looking for the best in modern fantasy? Look no further. Tales from the Retirement Home contains two new stories by the award-winning English writer Michael Allen.
In the first of these stories,...
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“No
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bett e r.”
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Give yourself to God; He can do more with you than you can.
The best man...
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In many cultures, kings and queens were enthroned at their coronations, the throne being a symbol of power and authority. But in the ancient African kingdom of Ashanti, in what is now ...
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BE A PEOPLE PERSON
A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward. —William J. Bennett
Jesse’s Glove Full of Love
I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Co...
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IN THE SAND
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: a time to weep, and a time to laugh … a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
—...
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God Can Do It
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mother once took her young son, who was just beginning to learn to play the piano, to hear the world-famous Polish pianist Jan Paderewski in concert. After an usher h...
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Take time to hear from God, and He’ll take the time to straighten out the problem.
—David Brandt Berg
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By Nyx Martinez (19), a missionary in the Philippines
worst thing in the wor...
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The Winner
Thoughts on a soccer game
I was watching some little kids play soccer. These kids were only five or six years old, but they were playing a real game, a serious game. Two tea...
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THE MATCHLESS
PEARL
The author of this story is unknown, so we have no way of knowing if it actually occurred. However, it is still a vivid illustration of a truth that can sometimes ...
Excerpts of an article by Norman Vincent Peale William James, the famous psychologist, said, “Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing [now get that—the one thing] tha...
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The Eye of Faith
By Ron Rhodes
It was a Wednesday afternoon. Shrouded in a dense fog, a large steamer edged slowly forward off the coast of Newfoundland, its foghorn crying out somber ...
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Give a “rose”
My friend Bruce was a welfare officer. One summer day he cut an armful of roses from his garden and took them to a deprived area. He gave some to a blind lady who smelled...
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“Encourage one another.”
—The Bible (1 Thessalonians 5:11*) “Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones” (Proverbs 16:24). “Your love has given me great...
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On Course
Excerpts of the article by Sandy Snavely (from More Stories for the Heart, compiled by Alice Gray)
M
y husband Bud and I love to sail. When the water is calm and the wind i...
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The beauty remains
—the pain passes
A
lthough Henri Matisse was nearly 28 years younger than Auguste Renoir, the two great artists were dear friends and frequent companions. When Renoi...
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In praise of
People who didn’t quit
In 1927, Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs, more than anyone had in the history of major league baseball, and more than anyone else would for another 34 y...
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ON THE REBOUND
By Nyx Martinez (a 19-year-old missionary in the Philippines)
It was one of those days that started out as days customarily do, with nothing peculiar about it ... until ...