PRIVATE PRAYER A passenger jet was suffering through a severe thunderstorm. As the passengers were being bounced around by the turbulence, a young woman turned to a minister sitting next […]
TIES & OFFERINGS One Sunday in church a little boy took off his tie and put it into the offering plate. What are you doing, asked his mother? “The preacher
BREAKING ALL TEN COMMANDMENTS Question: Why was Moses the most wicked man in the Bible? Answer: Because he broke all of the Ten Commandments at once.
CAREFULLY COUNTING THE COST If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant’s life, she will choose to save the infant’s life without even
Choice | Conflict | Decisions | Gender | Humor | Men | Priorities | Sports | Women Read More »
WERE YOU GAMBLING? A rabbi, a minister, and a priest were playing poker when the police raided the game. Turning to the priest, a police officer asked, “Father O’Connor, were
Deceit | Deception | Example | Gambling | Humor | Lies | Ministry | Risk Read More »
WRONG CHEMISTRY Here are ten excellent ways to get thrown out of chemistry lab: 10. Pretend an electron got stuck in your ear, and insist on describing this sound to
ACTS 2:38 An elderly woman had just returned to her home from an evening of religious service when she was startled by an intruder. As she caught the man in
RIDICULOUS REFERENCES Here are some actual reference questions as reported by American and Canadian reference librarians: “Do you have a list of all the books I’ve ever read?” “Is the
MOTHERS & PSYCHIATRISTS “I had the strangest dream last night,” a young Jewish man was telling his Jewish psychiatrist. “I saw my mother, but when she turned around to look
BUSINESS IS BUSINESS A young Jewish boy starts attending public school in a small town. The teacher of the one-room school decides to use her position to try to influence
DENOMINATIONAL VALUES A man was walking up the street, when he passed by a Catholic Church. He noticed smoke pouring out of the building. He ran inside, and yelled to
QUOTES ON AMERICA America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization. – GEORGES CLEMENCEAU When a
HIGH UPS CAN DO NOTHING A rabbit is walking down the road. He sees a crow very, very high up on a pole. The rabbit says, “Hello Mr. Crow, what
WHY THE CHICKEN CROSSED THE ROAD? PAT BUCHANAN To steal a job from a decent, hardworking American. DR. SEUSS Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with
ONE WITH EVERYTHING What did the Zen master say to the hot dog vendor? Make me one with everything.
AGES ON THE DOORS A seven-year-old girl went with her Brownie troop to visit a retirement home. When she returned from the outing, she was telling her mother all about
Age | Aging | Children | Humor | Identity | Perceptions | StoryHealth | Understanding Read More »
HEAVEN & HM Os Three nurses died and went to Heaven, where they were met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter. To the first, he asked, “So, what did
Care | Eternity | Health Care | Heaven | Hospitals | Humor | Labor | StoryHealth | Value Read More »
DEAF–NOT BLIND On a visit to the library I happened to notice a man and a woman, both deaf, signing with intense gestures, apparently in a heated debate. The man
Adversity | Blind | Communication | Deaf | Fellowship | Humor | Shouting | Understanding Read More »
AMISH CARRIAGE While driving on a country road, a family came up behind an Amish carriage. The owner of the carriage obviously had a sense of humor, because attached to
UNUSUAL MEMORIAL A newly appointed young preacher was contacted by the local funeral director to hold a graveside service at a small country cemetery. There was to be no funeral,
Cemeteries | Death | Funerals | Graves | Humor | Ministry | Remembering | Youth Read More »
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