"Where there is no vision, the people perish" ( Proverbs 29:18 , KJV). Jesus also taught that true leaders serve: "Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant" ( Mark 10:43–45 ). These ten stories about vision and leadership, retold in our own words, include dreamers who were told they could not succeed, a runner who refused to quit, a king who became a bridge, a father's costly choice and a people who lost their stories. Where popular versions have grown in the telling, we say so. Each ends with a takeaway for sermons or reflection. Stories in this collection: "You Can't": Dreamers the Experts Doubted Think, Believe, Dream, Dare: Advice Attributed to Walt Disney Prickly Mountain Goats The Pyramids That Built Egypt "They Sent Me to Finish": John Stephen Akhwari His Father's Son: Butch O'Hare and "Easy Eddie" The Monkey King Who Became a Bridge Churchill's Vision: Adventurous but Not Impossible ...
Sermon stories for preaching and faithful living