The Best Day of My Life. Enjoy the gift of life. Copyright 1995 by Gregory M. Lousig-Nont, Ph.D. From Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul, pp. 88-89, copyright 1996 by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Aubery and Nancy Mitchell. Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL. Used with permission of the author. (This resource, along with a specially-priced package of the Chicken Soup books, is available at a discount through the Homiletic Resource Center.)
Do It Today. A mother mourns her 21 year-old son killed suddenly in a motorcycle accident. Copyright 1994 by Robert Reasoner. Reprinted in A Second Helping of Chicken
Soup for the Soul, copyright 1995 by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. Health
Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL. Used with the author's permission. (This resource, along with a specially-priced package of the Chicken Soup books, is available at aHomiletic Resource CenterHomiletic Resource Center.)
Graduation Gift. From "Dear Abby".
Jeremy. Touching story of one boy's view of the resurrection. (Reprinted with permission from What Was In Jeremy's Egg?, copyright 1988 by Ida Mae Kempel. Also included in Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul, pp. 239-242, copyright 1997 by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Aubery and Nancy Mitchell, Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield BeHomiletic Resource Centersources are available at a discount through the Homiletic Resource Center.)
The Last Day. True story about a husband's "last day". Reprinted with permission from YOUR LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM, a free newsletter
sharing life, love and laughter, published by Steve Goodier. Sign up at
http://www.lifesupportsystem.com.
Oklahoma Love. Story which illustrates the importance of telling others we love them while we still can, as related by the mother of a victim of the Oklahoma bombing.
Sins of the Father, from IllustrHomiletic Resource Centerong>, copyright 1990 by Mark Link, S.J. Tabor Publishing Co., Allen, TX. (This resource is available through the Homiletic Resource Center.)
Transfiguration Moment. A teacher's kind words change a child's view of herself. From The Transfiguration, in Storytelling the Word, pp. 233-237. Copyright 1996 by William J. BauscHomiletic Resource Centerons, Mystic, CT 06355. Used with permission. (This resource, along with a specially-priced package of Fr. Bausch's homiletic books, is available at a discount through the Homiletic Resource Center.)
Unexpected Praise. A word of encouragement changes a woman's life. Adapted from Over the Top, copyright 1994 by Zig ZiglaHomiletic Resource Centerrs, Nashville, TN. Reprinted in God's Unexpected Blessings, pp. 209-211, edited by Kathy
Collard Miller, copyright 1998 by Starburst Publishers, Lancaster, PA. (This latter resource is available at a discount through the Homiletic Resource Center.)
Who I Am Makes a Difference. Says it all. Reprinted with the permission of the author from Who I Am Makes a Difference, Difference Makers International, Del Mar, CA. (see also "Make a Difference"). Order Homiletic Resource Centercalling 1-800-887-8422. Also reprinted in Chicken Soup for the Soul, pp. 19-21. Copyright 1993 by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL. You can order either of these books, as well as many others at a discount, through the Homiletic Resource Center
