... 's one talent away and gives it to the servant who has ten talents. And he throws the lazy servant out into the darkness "where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." What is Jesus saying here? How are we to apply this ancient parable to our lives today? Herman Cain, CEO and president of Godfather's Pizza, Incorporated, is an African-American man who was raised in poverty. He credits his hard-working father for his success in life. Throughout ...
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... s Pizza, Incorporated, is an African-American man who was raised in poverty. He credits his hard-working father for his success in life. Throughout Herman's life, his father worked three or four jobs at a time in order to support his family. In addition to his father, Herman Cain also found inspiration from Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, a former president of Morehouse College. Dr. Mays taught Herman a poem that has guided him through the ups and downs of life. It is as follows: "Life is just a minute Only sixty ...
... ." That ™s good advice, but many of us have quit looking at the light. We are content to watch other people and to do as they do. And thus we remain adrift with no fixed point of reference for our lives. In the novel, THE CAINE MUTINY, Herman Wouk has one of the characters, Willie Keith, receive a letter. The letter came from his father who was dying of an incurable disease. His father offered three bits of advice to his son: "First, there is nothing, nothing more precious than time. Wasted hours destroy ...
