... . You see them in department stores, on buses and airplanes. And it seems to work. A psychologist at the University of Buffalo, Karen Allen, did a study on people who were giving speeches. Some subjects performed their speech for Dr. Allen alone, others performed in front of their spouse, and others spoke for only Dr. Allen and their dog. Here’s what Dr. Allen found. The performers’ stress levels were lowest when their dog was underfoot—four times lower, in fact, than when their spouse was present ...
... call Him Master, for He has set us free. No more facade. No more pretense. Free to be all he created us to be. That is why our hope is in Him. Our Mentor, our Mediator, our Master, our Savior, our Lord, our Friend. 1. Allen, Mel. "The Cost of Karen Morse's Education," Yankee (January, 1988), pp. 66-69, 149. 2. Adrian P. Rogers, GOD'S WAY TO HEALTH WEALTH AND WISDOM, (Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman Press, 1987). 3. "Man Steals Bus But Still Walks," The Knoxville News-Sentinel: (April 28, 1989), Section A, p ...
... like we just glide from this life into the next, just as easy as you please. Then we wonder why death comes as such a shock when it punches us in the stomach! Comedian Woody Allen has a great line about death. He says, "I’m not afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens!" A little girl named Karen saw her precious Miss Kitty get killed. Miss Kitty darted in front of a steam roller that was preparing her street for repaving, and there was Miss Kitty, an instant sail cat, just like in ...
... 25. One of its most famous victims was also one of the most popular and most talented singers of the last decade, Karen Carpenter. A young woman with anorexia believes quite simply that she is too fat. It makes no difference what her body size ... yourself and to others. What you believe about yourself is important, as well as WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT YOUR PURPOSE FOR LIVING. Charles L. Allen, in his book, YOU ARE NEVER ALONE (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1978), tells about a man named John Davis who ...