Stop Trying So Hard!
There is a story about a wise old woman who had listened carefully to a gathering of malcontents tell her their problems. I have some advice for you, the woman […]
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Ask For Directions!
In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus says to His disciples, “I am the Gate of the sheepfold. Anyone who enters through Me will be safe: he will go freely in and
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Time To Pop Up!
A pre-school teacher found an exciting exercise to get the class moving. She wrote a song about popcorn and taught it to the children. Then she had all the little
What Faith Is For!
Many years ago, a book called “The Big Fisherman,” by Lloyd C. Douglas, made the best-seller lists. The book contains a scene in which several of the Apostles are wondering
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Just Around the Corner
In a popular cartoon, two little children have discovered their Easter baskets and are busy enjoying the contents. “Who colored all these eggs?” one child asks. “The Easter Bunny,” says
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Best News of All!
A number of years ago when the new Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Airport opened it was hailed as one of the biggest and best-equipped air terminals in the world. Within a few
Surely, Not I!
Have you ever wondered what kind of man Judas was? Have you ever wondered what he looked like, who his friends were, what his personality was like? He has been
Color It Love!
With the popular notion that age “fifty is the new forty,” “forty the new thirty,” and so on, perhaps the old expression of “not trusting anyone over thirty” needs some
No Runaway Train
I’m going to tell you a fish story: It seems that some scientists decided to develop a fish that could live outside of water. They selected several healthy red herring
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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Another Piece of Cheese?
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
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Believe and Behave!
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
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Wake Up!
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
Tear Down Those Walls
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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Peace and Brotherhood Now!
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
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Today is the Day!
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
A Beautiful Gift of Light
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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The Hardest Thing Of All
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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The Trouble With Us!
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.
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Because God Is Love
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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