... that we embrace him with our emotions, with our imagination, with "every fiber of our being," as we like to say. Pastor Michael Yaconelli tells of the first time his two-year-old nephew saw snow. The whole family gathered around to witness this momentous ... sign off, "You are listening," he said, "to the National Breadcasting Company." (6) Most of us are not as spellbinding as Bishop Sheen. And maybe that is just as well. What God needs most today is not talkers, but listeners. There are many people today ...
... . There was a 2010 version of Wall Street, but it did not have the impact that the original did. The original film tells the story of Bud Fox, played by Charlie Sheen, a young stockbroker who falls under the influence of Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, a sleazy but wealthy, power-hungry, unscrupulous corporate raider. The film sought to portray the greed and excess of the 1980s. It is the film in which Douglas’ character, Gordon Gekko, declares what became the motto of the 1980s, “Greed is good ...
... speaks 25,000 words a day; the average American woman 30,000. (I don't make up these statistics. I just report them.) Astronaut Michael Collins once quoted that statistic at a banquet. He continued, "Unfortunately, when I come home each day, I've spoken my 25,000 ... Bishop leaned over and whispered to the boy, "Someday you will be a priest." That boy became Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Words shape us. Wally Fletcher, a pastoral counselor, writes: "Pediatrician and Psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott suggest(s) that a ...
... price tag. Lack of humility can be a serious matter. Particularly if it weakens your devotion to God. As Bishop Fulton J. Sheen once said, “The proud man counts his newspaper clippings—the humble man his blessings.” But Jesus was concerned about far more ... “real revolt” was possible among members statewide. “As a group, we can’t walk one way and talk another way,” said Michael Reis, a spokesman for another branch of the club. “How can we take a hard stand in promoting recycling when our own ...
... , “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” Do you remember that line? It’s from a popular 1980s film titled, Wall Street. The story revolves around an ambitious young stockbroker, played by Charlie Sheen, and his ruthless, greedy mentor, played by Michael Douglas. Douglas’ character, Gordon Gecko, involves the young stockbroker in an illegal insider trading scheme that ultimately leads to his downfall. The movie reveals the consequences of greed, lust, lying, and cheating. The most famous scene ...
