TO GIVE OR NOT TO GIVE Children were reciting Bible verses as the offering was being taken. One child said, ‘God loves a cheerful giver.” Another announced, “He who gives […]
BRILLIANT OBSERVATIONS ON LOVE Love… is one of the leading causes of life. Think big… and remember that nothing is bigger than love. If you can’t say exactly how much
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PASTORAL KISSING An Episcopalian priest was wearing his clerical collar while visiting his wife who was in the hospital for minor surgery. He stopped in to see her and chatted
HAPPINESS AND MONEY Happiness can’t be measured by one’s wealth. For instance, a person with eight million dollars may not be one bit happier than a person with seven million
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INVOLUNTARY DISOBEDIENCE The attendant at a movie theater was walking up and down the aisle between showings of the movie. While doing so, he noticed that in the back of
QUICK INTEREST The quickest way to get people interested in a project is to tell them it is none of their business.
WHERE’S THE CORPSE? During a Sunday morning worship service, a man fell from his pew and died. The ushers noticed the commotion and phoned for paramedics. Moments later, paramedics rushed
HONEYMOONS ARE NOT FUN Heaven can be a bit perplexing to us as to its desirability. Perhaps this can be seen by the analogous conversation of a father with his
A SIGN OF SUCCESS Three men were riding into work, and the subject of success came up. One said, “Success is being asked to the White House to consult with
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NO ONE LISTENS Bill Clinton once told his wife Hillary that being president is kind of like running a cemetery, there are a lot of people under you, but no
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WE NEED OUR SKIN Beauty is only skin-deep… but it is skin-deep: My wife was grading a science test at home that she had given to her elementary-school class and
UMPIRES & CATCHERS Veteran American League baseball umpire Bill Guthrie was working behind the plate one afternoon, and the catcher for the visiting team was repeatedly protesting his calls. Guthrie
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FRACTURED HISTORY An English teacher at St. Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire, writes the syndicated column, Looking At Language. In one of his columns, Mr. Lederer shows some bloopers from
DECODING MESSAGES “Captain, there’s a message for you from the admiral,” reported the ensign. “Well, read it!” The ensign read, “Of all the blundering, bone-headed nincompoops, you take the cake!”
ROSE BUDS FOR YOU During the dedication of babies ceremony in his church, a young southern pastor would always refer to the baby girls as “Rose buds.” No wonder that
CHRIST HAD A ROSE Our neighbor, visiting the Holy Land, sent a letter describing the beautiful gardens. “I wonder if he saw the rose,” our six-year-old asked. “What rose?”” I
REALITY OF WORDS It’s an age of paradox when we have mobile homes that don’t move, sports clothes for work, junk food that costs more than the real food, and
THOSE WHO KEEP THEIR HEADS If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible that you haven’t grasped the situation. By Jean Kerr
HUMOR OPENS DOORS Once you get people laughing, they’re listening and you can tell them almost anything. From Leadership Is An Art, by Max de Pree, published by Doubleday
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BEFORE THE WAKE UP CALL How is it that at a hotel when you want to sleep, they want to make up the room at seven in the morning And
Comfort | Complain | Hotels | Humor | Patience | Pests | Rest | Sleep | Travel Read More »
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