KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Kneemail - Truth
A STORE MANAGER heard his clerk tell a customer, "No, ma'am, we haven't had any for a while, and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting any soon..." Horrified, the manager came running over to the customer and said,...
IN AMERICA, TRUTH in religion is considered an oxymoron... There is no truth in religion, we are told. It's all a matter of taste or opinion. You like chocolate, I like vanilla. You like Christianity, I like Islam. If Buddhism...
IT IS BETTER to be divided by truth than to be united in error... It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. It is not love and it is...
THE STORY IS told of a young man who came to the door of a monastery with a large duck in his arms... His uncle, who happened to be one of the monks, answered the knock. "Here, uncle, this is...
PEOPLE SOMETIMES REGARD religious issues as being a matter of each individual’s personal preference... This preference can be based on a number of things. Some people hold to a religion because they were brought up that way. Others attend XYZ...
IN HUMAN TRANSACTIONS, it is often wise to compromise... If you want to sell your house and are asking $200,000 but a buyer offers only $180,000, you might be wise to compromise to $190,000. The house belongs to you. If...