... nice it would be to have the athletic prowess of Michael Jordan, or the good looks and acting talent of a Tom Cruise or Geena Davis, the voice of Luciano Pavarotti or Natalie Cole. Is there any one of us who would not like to be cast in the limelight of ... a friend to encourage us to step down into the stream. The words of an old spiritual song encourage us, saying, "Wade in the water. Wade in the water, children." Whatever the illness or pain or sorrow that may be affecting your life at this moment, there ...
... to lung cancer and their only son to an auto accident. "I've asked the Lord no less than a thousand times, "˜Why?'" says Sharon Davis. "But the Lord isn't talking to me much right now. I'm in the dark." (3) There's a mother whose heart is truly ... be a hero just for retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof, taking the training wheels off the bike, removing a sliver, filling the wading pool, coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream ...
... wet. They do not need an umbrella and do not want a raincoat. They love to go out in the rain and get their feet wet. They love to wade. They even love a mud puddle - after all, it has RAIN in it. They do not mind the mud. They can make mud pies. They do not have ... around. And that is why little children liked him so much. Can we old fogies recover any of that? I think we can. Joan Davis [one of our St. Paul members] sent me something this week that she found on the Internet. She writes, "I want to go back ...
... Texan who was trying to impress on a Bostonian, the valor of the heroes of the Alamo. After finishing his story about Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, and countless others, he says "I'll bet you never had anyone so brave around Boston." "Did you ever hear of Paul ... successful translating agency throughout the world, did an advertisement several years ago. It depicted a strong, athletic-looking man wading through a jungle river with a canteen on his side. The advertisement said: "Jim was voted the most likely ...
