Nelson's Complete Book of Stories, Illustrations & Quotes

I purchased this book with the hope that it could give me some ideas and illustrations for talks during our youth group meetings.

The book is full of great stories, some long and others short. I'm reminded of [book: Chicken Soup for the Soul] in a lot of cases. It even includes sections with each story to flag when I used it so that I don't go retelling the same story over and over.

Unfortunately I've found that I do better with examples and stories from my own life, the life of people hearing the talk or stories from the news in the past two weeks. While having these stories may work for some people, I had a hard time using them and feeling that they made a real impact on the listener.