life on planet earth on Dogs

When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.

The story is told (as in, it’s made up!) of a small dog that had been struck by a car and lay wounded by the side of the road. A doctor driving by noticed the dog was still alive, stopped his car, pic...

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

I just want to lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That's all I've ever wanted.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

You might have heard the story about the dog food company. They launched a new line of dog food, stocking it on shelves nationwide, but it didn’t sell well at all. Sales plummeted and the leadership d...

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

Jesus doesn’t just use the shepherd metaphor when he refers to himself as the door. Over and over in the Bible, we are compared to sheep. Some people think it’s heartwarming. But I hate to tell you, i...

If you’re Noah, and your ark is about to sink, look for the elephants first, because you can throw over a bunch of cats and dogs and squirrels and everything else that is just a small animal—and your ...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp post how it feels about dogs.

When the first Christians were trying to decide whether Gentile Christians should keep Jewish dietary laws, they weren’t just quibbling over doctrine. Just like we do, ancients were transferring their...

In 2007, author J. K. Rowling was struggling to finish the final novel, The Deathly Hallows , in her seven-part Harry Potter series. She was feeling stressed, trying to connect the dots in a way ...

Looking for inspiration for your summertime sermons? Here are five quotes that highlight different themes about summer. Quote 1 Comment: I love The Office , but in this short quotation...

Most of us are aware of various persecutions that took place during the first few centuries of the church’s existence. One particularly brutal local persecution took place during the reign of Nero, wh...

In What’s So Amazing about Grace?, Philip Yancey offers an updated version of the parable of the prodigal son. Growing up in the countryside in Michigan, a young girl rebels against her old-fashioned...

God will not forget us either in the hour of our death. I confess that I hope the same is true of pups.

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

A dog looks at you and thinks, “You feed me, you pet me, you give me shelter, and you love me. You must be God.” A cat looks at you and thinks, “You feed me, you pet me, you give me shelter, and you l...

A dog looks at you and thinks, “You feed me, you pet me, you give me shelter, and you love me. You must be God.” A cat looks at you and thinks, “You feed me, you pet me, you give me shelter, and you l...

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.

Don’t hire a dog, then bark yourself.

Some people find themselves stuck in a rut. Without challenge or new opportunities, they begin to sound like Snoopy from the Peanuts cartoons: “Yesterday I was a dog. Today I’m a dog. Tomorrow I’ll p...

Many of us are hunting mice - while lions devour the land.

Clouseau: Does your dog bite? Hotel Clerk: No. Clouseau: [bowing down to pet the dog] Nice doggie. [Dog barks and bites Clouseau on the hand] Clouseau: I thought you said your dog did not bite! H...

Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.

Today there's more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings. (for contrast).

Our modern dogma is that of Batman: “It’s not who you are underneath. It’s what you do that defines you.

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

Performance-enhancing drugs are a major problem in the sporting world. Cycling, baseball, weightlifting, football—athletes at the highest levels need something to put them over the top or keep them in...

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.