Foundation of the World!
There once was a very sensible seminary professor who was greatly admired by his students because he always managed to keep his spiritual vitality at a high peak. Clearly, he […]
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There once was a very sensible seminary professor who was greatly admired by his students because he always managed to keep his spiritual vitality at a high peak. Clearly, he […]
Foundation of the World! Read More »
On the dashboards of those small two-seater type airplanes, there is a safety device usually referred to as a “Stall Warning Indicator.” The owner of such a plane has described
Another Piece of Cheese? Read More »
Several youngsters were sitting together in a crowded theatre, waiting for the film to begin. One young man decided to go to the refreshment counter. He bought some popcorn, but
Believe and Behave! Read More »
A number of years ago someone put together a combined list from the Bureau of Safety Statistics and The National Transportation Safety Board reporting the following U.S. annual accidental death
Two men sitting next to each other on a flight struck up a conversation. “What do you do?” asked one. “I’m a rancher,” the other replied, “What do you do?”
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There is a tendency throughout life to search for the easy way of doing things. We all search for that elusive “Easy Street.” In fact, in Honolulu, Hawaii, if you
Peace and Brotherhood Now! Read More »
A man had been bitten by a mad dog and it looked as if he were going to die. The treatment for rabies wasn’t working. The doctor told him he
Twenty-seven hundred years ago, King Ezechia had a real problem because Jerusalem’s water supply was outside the city’s walls. This made the people of Jerusalem very vulnerable to enemy attacks,
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As a University student hurried to her two-hour, final exam in chemistry, she encountered one of the campus chaplains. She immediately stopped and said to him, “Will you pray for
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A woman answered her telephone. She hardly had time to say “Hello” when a man’s voice, dripping with repentance, began reciting a lengthy list of regrets: “Darling, I’m so sorry.
The Trouble With Us! Read More »
A duck, a rabbit and an eagle enrolled in an animal school which held classes in swimming, running and flying. The duck already was an excellent swimmer, so it went
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There is a very moving story about a plane crash of several years ago in which a small boy was the sole survivor. All of the other passengers were killed
Keep Working On Love Read More »
In Matthew’s account of the Wise Men’s journey to Bethlehem in today’s Gospel, we read: … there in front of them was the star they had seen rising; it went
A few hours before setting out to sea, the captain and the first mate of a large commercial ocean liner had a bitter argument. During the heated conversation, the captain
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Oh my friend, do not have children! You bring them into the world and they send you out of it. You give them life, and they give you your death
It was December 22nd and the mother of several children suddenly realized that she hadn’t sent out any Christmas cards. In dismay, she sent her 10-year-old son to the drugstore
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A woman named Betty tried to cram all of her Christmas preparations into a single day. Starting at 9 a.m., she shopped her entire Christmas list, bought a Christmas tree
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One Sunday morning a certain country preacher opened a sermon on faith with these words: My dear brothers and sisters, your fields are drying up and you have come here
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On his return from a trip into the wilds, a birdwatcher told this story of an encounter with a bear… I was hiking through the woods, he said, and came
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There once was a small iron-working town where the mills were kept running day and night. The great steam-hammers, some of them weighing several tons, were night and day beating