Author: Rick Grubbs

Each of my radio programs is about 170 words. Because I have only 59 seconds, I have to make every one of those 170 words count. I actually enjoy writing …

Three military men were walking across the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Suddenly, a commanding officer yelled to them, “Drop!” Two of the men immediately fell to the deck. …

Our family spends a lot of time on the road with our redeeming the time seminars. In 19 years of traveling with kids I’ve discovered there are some places it …

“Accomplishing anything significant for God, yourself, or your family, requires leaving your comfort zone.” We’ve all heard statements similar to that. It is easy to say, but a lot harder …

Four metal workers were each given a bar of raw steel. The first sold his for scrap metal and made a quick $5. The second made his into horseshoes and …

The most powerful people on the face of the earth are those who have no fear of death. I recently read of a man whose doctor said he had only …

In 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours and 12 minutes, the world’s record. Randy was a young man who took waking up to an extreme. And while …

Microwave ovens are great time saving devices. But, as author John Maxwell puts it, “God prepares leaders in a crock pot, not a microwave oven. More important than the awaited …

Every day, New York City sanitation workers process over 12 tons of garbage. They gather so much garbage because they have so many garbage collection points. Lots of collection points …

If you took the same excuses people use for not going to church and apply them to other areas of life you’d realize how flimsy they are. For example: Someone …

US President Woodrow Wilson once said, “I had rather fail in a cause which I knew would one day succeed, than to succeed in a cause which I knew would …

A mother of preschoolers asked an older mom at her church for advice dealing with her messy house. The older mom said, “Why don’t you think of ways to childproof …

Until September 3, 1967 people in Sweden drove on the left side of the road. That morning at 4:50 AM everyone pulled off the road for 10 minutes and at …

Bill asked his neighbor if he could borrow his chainsaw. The neighbor replied, “Sorry I can’t help you. I had soup for lunch yesterday.” Bill scratched his head and asked, …

March 23, 2010, 27 year old Albert Baily and his 16 year old accomplice were arrested in the parking lot of the People’s United Bank in Fairfield CT. The two …

I once heard about an 11-year-old boy who passed out tracts with his father every Sunday afternoon. One Sunday his father said they wouldn’t go today because it was raining. …

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus made the point that God would take care of our material needs through the example of how He feeds the birds. From the …

We redeem the time when the way we use our time each day is an accurate reflection of what matters most to us. Many people, including many Christians, live in …

Something happens when we turn 40. We begin to realize that we are not going to accomplish all the things we thougth we would when we were 20. We realize …

Amy Charmichael, a pioneer missionary to India, told of a night when demonic music outside her house kept her from sleep. In the darkness she saw, as it were, a …