Do It Again!
A little second-grader was always upset when hot lunches were served in the school cafeteria … One day, for some reason, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were served. Whereupon, the […]
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Biggest Hand Of All
A popular magazine once published an amusing story about an organization which offered a bounty of five thousand dollars each for wolves captured alive … It turned Sam and Jed
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Pause Awhile
A young man was taking his first flying lesson. After showing him some of the basics, the instructor said to the student, “Now, I’m going to show you how to
Invisible, Irresistible Force
Edwin Teale, the naturalist writer, tells about a period of anxiety in his life during which he could not sleep. One night he employed the time-honored remedy for insomnia: counting
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The Yoke Of Jesus
A middle-aged man visited a psychiatrist … “Something is wrong with me,” he said. “I keep thinking that I’m a dog.” Hearing that, the doctor asked, “How long have you
Your Job Description
A group of High School Religion Class students were asked to write a scenario for what might have transpired in Heaven when Jesus returned after the Resurrection. One student created
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So Many Dead Horses
A little girl was given her Birth Certificate to take to a new school … “Be sure not to lose it,” her mother said. So, she lost it. When someone
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CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SERMONS
Children’s Sunday Sermon May 6, 2007 Good morning boys and girls. Have you ever heard the expression, “Laughter is the best medicine?” That’s right! It’s a fact that laughter is
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Keep Growing
Not long before Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s death at age seventy-five, someone asked him how he continued to write so beautifully and remain so vigorous. Longfellow pointed to an apple tree
No Fishing
“Your faith has saved you; go in peace” (Luke 7:50). In a love letter to end all love letters a young woman wrote … “Dear John: Words cannot express my
Bitter Or Better?
There is a famous etching by Rembrandt depicting Jesus driving the money-changers out of the Temple … There is no halo around Jesus’ head, but there is one around his
Coming And Going
A politician running for office was outraged over an editorial about him that appeared in the local newspaper … He burst into the newsroom, charged into the editor’s office, pounded
No Argument There!
The late comedian Henny Youngman, famous for his “one liners,” celebrated his ninetieth birthday at a party given by a host of relatives, friends and media persons … During an
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The Golden Glue
There is a little ecumenical story about two pastors in the same town who chanced to meet while walking down the street … One was a Roman Catholic priest, the
One Day at a Time
An elderly woman named Ethel had a window seat on a big “747” jetliner that had just taken off for Rome. She had been scrimping for years to fulfill her
Call us Disciples
Sports figures rank high on the list of our modern-day heroes. One popular TV journalist1 wrote a magazine article in which he made some biting, negative comments. “We are creating
Children’s Sunday Sermons March/April 2007
Children’s Sunday Sermon March 4, 2007 Good morning girls and boys. One of the most precious gifts we have received from God is the gift of sight. Of all of
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Not For A Thousand, Thousand Years
There is a timeless story about Satan, the Master Devil, seated on his throne … All the minor devils are gathered at his feet, waiting for instructions. Satan speaks, “Who
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End Of Instructions
There is a little book entitled, “When All Else Fails, Read The Instructions” … In that little book the author describes what happened when he ordered an elaborate back yard
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It’s Possible!
The story is told of a clergyman who awakened one morning, looked out the window, and saw a dead donkey in his front yard … He hadn’t the slightest idea
