Morning Briefings

Grads Work on Basics in Tough Job Market: This year’s graduates face an even tougher job market. Many big firms made their hires when the job market was better back in the fall, leaving slimmer pickings for students graduating into a weaker economy.

– Erin White
The Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2008

Gratitude is the key to a virtuous life. Conversely, all sin boils down to ingratitude–to an abuse or neglect of God’s gifts.

– Mark E. Thibodeaux
God, I Have Issues

Texas singer seeks to understand a tragedy: ‘I think in many ways everybody is a survivor, it’s just a little bit more obvious in my case. Everybody has been knocked back, and for the most part, you know what people do? They keep going, and most people do it with grace and humor and goodwill and a spirit of generosity.’

– Naomi Koppel, AP, as reported on
Yahoo! News, May 23, 2008

I have often been forced to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that there was no place else to go.

– Abraham Lincoln

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

– John 15: 13

Having been told ‘Look around you,’ and having also been told ‘Pray always,’ perhaps we could combine these two charges and use our eyes as a means of perpetual adoration.

– Edward M. Hays
Pray All Ways

What may I give to the Lord for all the good things he has done for me? I will take the cup of salvation, and give praise to the name of the Lord. I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people.

– Psalm 116: 12-14

In God’s eyes, addictions are avenues for salvation. They provide the impetus I need to finally surrender my life to God. My addiction is ‘exhibit A’ among my proofs for why I can’t manage the job of being my own savior.

– Mark E. Thibodeaux
God, I Have Issues

Prayer is a strategic alliance with God. It is a good faith contract, a spiritual handshake agreement. Only faith and patience are required on our part.

– Cher & Bill Horton
Business Prayers for Millennium Managers

If you’re waiting to have a good idea before you have any ideas, you won’t have many ideas.

– David Allen
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity