Roger was approached years ago by his neighbor, Ray, about an investment opportunity—a little fast food business in California for which he was recruiting ground-floor investors; Roger declined. His neighbor was Ray Kroc, and Roger turned down an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of McDonald’s. Well, later another neighbor asked Roger if he’d like to help him get started with an industrial cleaning business. Again, Roger said no. That business became the giant we know today as ServiceMaster.
Roy Harris was waiting for a flight at Chicago's Midway Airport, and he reached for his BlackBerry phone, and the next thing he remembers he was lying in a hospital after a massive heart attack. The first face he saw was Rachael Jacobs, a flight attendant who had seen his distress and called for the defibrillator that ended up saving his life. In the USA Today account he says, "If it hadn't been for Rachael, I wouldn't be alive." Well, she was afraid Harris would die. So she got a cab. She followed the ambulance to the hospital. Ultimately, Roy Harris had quadruple bypass surgery. He's now making speeches about what he calls, "The miracle in Chicago." He says, "I think you're forever connected by a life-saving event. She's a real hero."
They were in a sweat lodge for what they thought would be spiritual enlightenment. Tragically, some of them died. A sweat lodge is a place where many go for what they believe to be a spiritual cleansing—a place many Native followers of Jesus no longer go. But these were non-Native followers of a New Age leader who directed these people into an extended time in the intense steam heat of the sweat lodge and sadly, three of these spiritual seekers died as a result.
Near the end of the baseball season, a dad was able to get some good seats for him and his daughter at a Philadelphia Phillies game. Now, wouldn’t you know—a fly ball came sailing right into their zone and Dad caught it. A souvenir Major League baseball to show off! Not to be. He gave it to his daughter and she unknowingly threw the baseball away. What would a man’s instinctive reaction be when he had just lost a rare sports trophy? He reached over and hugged his daughter and told her he loved her.
The Dallas Cowboys may not have the best team in professional football right now, but they sure have the most impressive stadium. Their owner has built a new stadium that blows away all the others—including those gigantic video screens. Actually, one Dallas player really likes that screen. He said he can figure out the other team’s plays because, well, he can see to read their lips.
