Tag: Disciples

A SAYING AND A SHOWING

ByDr. Mark March 25, 2026 2 Comments
“If you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn” (Extract from Mrs. Dymond, a novel by Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, 1885) There are many variations of the saying above. Most of us have heard the saying expressed this way, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a...

LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE

ByDr. Mark October 20, 2022 0 Comments
Yesterday’s meditation was long, right?  Well, you deserve a quick read this morning as a reward for being a faithful reader.  However, I hope that the brief nature of today’s publication does have a long effect on you. Tuesday, a friend who sends out quotes and saying to many people, sent me the following quote by Thomas Jefferson.  “Do you want to know who you are?  Don’t ask. ...