Don’t Blink
Did you know that the climbing vine we call ìHoneysuckleî always grows clockwise to its right? Did you know that ìJasmineî on the other hand always entwines counter-clockwise, to its
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Going Nowhere?
While strolling through the park, a clergyman struck up a conversation with a soap salesman. They soon began to talk religion. Said the salesman, ìThe Gospel you preach doesnít seem
Peacefare
In Second Thessalonians, the Apostle Paul has written, ìWe feel we must be continually thanking God for you, brothers; quite rightly, because your faith is growing so wonderfully and the
Beautiful Pattern!
We all like to hear good news and pass it on to others. For example … ìIíve got good news for you,î a father said to his little girl. ìGod
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Room In The Heart
In a little reflection on his growing up years, a popular radio personality of the Seventies1 wrote … ìI first saw the light of day in a fifth-floor walkup tenement
Searching For Happiness?
A University Biology Professor kept a rattle snake caged in his laboratory … When it was time for the reptileís monthly feeding, the Professorís biology class would gather around the
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Growing Wiser?
A patient said to his psychiatrist … ìDoctor, you have to do something for my wife. She is totally immature.î The therapist replied, ìPerhaps you can tell me why you
Running Home
A woman was having a difficult time trying to keep her pet dog from running away … She talked to a pet store owner about her problem and he said
He Called It Home
The father of two was away on a business trip … The mother, son and daughter were having dinner at home. Little Johnny, age eleven was allowed to sit in
Carry Him With You
A week before Christmas a man in his sixties went into a big toy shop and began looking around at the various displays … He returned several times to a
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Our Good Looks
At a married couples’ retreat, the participants were asked to write a one-sentence answer to the question, “Whether born into the faith or otherwise drawn into the it, why do
High Hopes!
Advent is the Season of high hopes and expectations. Little children wonderfully sum up the Advent Spirit in three little words: “Christmas is coming!” Christmas: that beacon of high hopes
Please Take Us Back!
In today’s Gospel episode, John the Baptist announces to his followers the imminent coming of the Messiah: the Lord Jesus Christ. And, in so doing, he begins the process of
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Follow The Star
The Jewish humorist, Isaac Asimov, has told the story of a Yiddish play being performed in a little theatre on New York City’s Second Avenue … During the play, the
HIS WAY
In America’s Southwest there is a little town in which the three main streets are named “This Way,” “That Way,” and “Any Way” … Then there is the road which
A CRIPPLING DISEASE
During the great Depression in the United States following the devastating 1929 Stock Market Crash, many persons gave personal testimony which said that they had not begun to discover what
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WHAT TO DO?
“How long will you love vain words and seek after lies?” the Old Testament Psalmist asked. Jesus prayed to the Father, “Consecrate them in the truth; Your word is truth.
IDENTIFY YOURSELF!
On a busy summer afternoon in New York City’s Times Square, two men, only a few feet apart carry two very different forms of identification cards. The first man proudly
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SEEING EYE-TO-EYE
The former pastor of the Riverside Church in New York City was fond of telling the story of an elderly woman parishioner who had acquired an immense dislike for him.
GOD LOVES AN ECCENTRIC
A teenage girl left for school wearing one yellow and one orange sock … Her mother, noticing this, headed her off at the front door. “Why are you wearing two
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