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Our Daily Bread
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Authentic Beauty
I often take a moment as I wait at our grocery store checkout stand to scan the covers of the magazines displayed there. It seems that if they aren?t about sex and money, they?re about diet, fitness, health, and outward beauty. There?s nothing there for the soul.
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Who Are You?
If someone were to ask, ?Who are you?? my guess is that you would tell a little about yourself and what you do??I?m an electrician? or ?I?m a nurse.? But that?s not really who you are?it?s what you do. Which leads to the question, If what you do is who you are, who will you be when you stop doing what you?re doing?!
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A Good God
When my brother-in-law was a missionary in Mali, West Africa, he was involved in a traffic accident. A man had wandered into the road in front of Chuck?s motorcycle. The cycle struck the man and sent Chuck and the bike sliding along the ground for more than 200 feet. Shortly after Chuck regained consciousness in the hospital, his doctor told him he had been ?really lucky.? Chuck smiled and replied, ?God is good.?
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The Real Hero
Louis B. Neumiller was known for his humility, integrity, and commitment to quality. As president of the Caterpillar Tractor Company from 1941?54, he led the manufacturer of earth-moving equipment through the challenges of World War II into global expansion. In the book In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century, authors Mayo and Nohria describe Neumiller?s leadership as ?success without fanfare.? His mark of greatness, they note, was that he took his identity out of the business and ?let his company become a hero instead of himself.?
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Last Line Of Defense
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was the site of a battle that turned the tide of America?s Civil War. One of the focal points of the conflict was a rocky knoll called Little Round Top where Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the men of the 20th Maine Infantry stood their ground. Had the Confederate troops gotten past Chamberlain?s men, some historians believe the Union army would have been surrounded?possibly leading to the loss of the war. The ?20th Maine? was the last line of defense.
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