The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestBetter ThingsA first-grade teacher was having a difficult day. It had rained that entire day and the children couldn’t go out for recess. As a result they became more re...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestFIRST THINGS FIRSTWhen Coach Bobby Bowden played baseball in college, he never hit a home run. His senior year at Howard College, he was the only player not to hit a hom...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestStuck in YesterdayShe may have missed the point of New Year’s Resolutions. With an eagerness to make some changes in the area of financial habits, the lady called her cr...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestA LIGHT IN THE DARKNESSIn the September of 2002 issue of Focus on the Family Magazine, the following article was included titled "A Light in the Darkness" by Christin Di...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestWEARING HIS COATMany years ago, an evangelist by the name of Jakov arrived at a village in Serbia. He met an elderly man there named Cimmerman, and Jakov began to talk t...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestPORCUPINE LOVEThe woodland creature known as the porcupine weighs 15-20 pounds. This primarily nocturnal animal gets its name from the Latin word for pig and the French ...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestMISSION POSSIBLEA man was stumbling through the woods, totally drunk, when he came upon a preacher baptizing people in the river. He proceeded to walk into the water and...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestEnduring HopeThere is a story about how the caverns north of Yellowstone National Park were discovered. As the story goes, one of the original explorers was walking alon...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestTake Jesus With You It was the day after Christmas at a church in San Francisco. Pastor Mike was looking at the nativity scene outside when he noticed the baby Jesus was...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestThe Light of HopeThe night Jesus was born, Luke tells us that there were shepherd’s watching their flocks by night. You can’t imagine how dark it was on that hillside on...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestAn American Tragedy & ThanksgivingOn this day, November 22, 1963, my second-grade class at Fletcher Elementary School in Fletcher, Oklahoma was returning from recess on ...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestThanksgiving HumorA lady purchased a parrot whose previous owner had taught him profanity and decided that she would reform him. The parrot learned a number of Christian...  Read More