Illustrations Archives

• Loneliness  (August 19, 2007)
  Kathy Ireland is probably best known as one of America's top super models.
• Leadership  (August 19, 2007)
  Coach Vince Lombardi once observed, "One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times and the varying formations. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long."
• Joy  (August 19, 2007)
  Happy people live longer. That is the conclusion of Marilyn Elias writing in USA Today.
• Jesus  (August 19, 2007)
  Robberies are not unusual, but this one is. A sketch by artist Salvador Dali has been stolen from the men's prison at Riker's Island. The sketch is of Jesus Christ on the cross.
• Jesus  (August 19, 2007)
  According to the people at "Ripley's Believe it or Not," the cornerstone of the Washington Monument, which was laid on July 4, 1884, disappeared and has never been found.
• Jesus  (August 19, 2007)
  Mel Gibson, star and director of many an action film, has taken on a new challenge.
• Integrity  (August 19, 2007)
  In Melbourne, Florida, firefighters got so consumed with an emergency they forgot to turn off a fryer in their kitchen and started a fire in their own station.
• Influence  (August 19, 2007)
  Michael Shaara died thinking he was a failure. His great love was writing.
• Influence  (August 19, 2007)
  Many Christians wear a WWJD band on their arms. This stands for the question, "What Would Jesus Do?"
• Influence  (August 19, 2007)
  The ancient Greek mathematician once used his ingenuity to help defend his home against foreign invaders.
• Influence  (August 19, 2007)
  Rivers gain more attention than the little streams that create them.
• Immaturity  (August 19, 2007)
  Food fights aren't that unusual. According to the Associated Press, a Lee Thoss and a William Hocker got into a fight over Lee's picking through the lettuce at a salad bar.
• Humility  (August 19, 2007)
  Watchman Nee used to tell of a Chinese Christian who was a poor rice farmer.
• Hope  (August 19, 2007)
  The First Family, George W. and Laura Bush, have always included a scripture verse on their Christmas cards.
• Hope  (August 19, 2007)
  In a cemetery in Jaffrey, New Hampshire you can read the following epitaph:
• Honesty  (August 19, 2007)
  Several older men were talking about the greatest liars they had ever seen.
• Honesty  (August 19, 2007)
  A man saw an ad in the paper advertising a talking dog for twenty dollars. He knew it wasn't possible, but his curiosity got the best of him.
• Heaven  (August 19, 2007)
  The great Methodist preacher, Charles Allen, used to tell the story of a little girl who was taking an evening walk with her father. Wonderingly, she looked up at the stars and exclaimed; "Oh, Daddy, if the wrong side of heaven is so beautiful, what must the right side be!"
• Heaven  (August 19, 2007)
  There is an old legend of a swan and a crane.
• Heaven  (August 19, 2007)
  In the book, Salt, the author describes a fictional character (though based on fact) who left the southern Appalachians to live and work in Kansas.