Death | Defeat | Forgetting | Humor
THE MISERIES OF THE FORGETFUL MIDDLE YEARS One story I’ve received in a variety of forms lately is this one that was sent in by Rev. Donald E. Worch of […]
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Death | Humor | Remembering
AGING Another version of the same idea is contained in these terse lines
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Humor | Preaching
EVER DRAW A BLANK? I suppose one of the recurring fears of anyone who has to speak in public is the phenomenon of going blank at the critical moment. I’m
Children | Father | Humor | Time
HELPFUL ADJUSTMENT A child’s father kept bringing home office work just about every night. Finally his first grader son asked why. Daddy explained that he had so much work he
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Dating | Humor | Love | Marriage
MAMMA — AND COURTSHIP One of my most fruitful sources of illustrative material on family life is the comic strip Mamma by Mel Lazarus. Mamma is always trying to straighten
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Humor | Revenge
ONE UP A salesman with a reputation for one- upsmanship — always having a snappy retort, never at a loss for words — was transferred from New York to their
Children | Humor | Sin
SINS The Sunday School teacher asked her class: “What are sins of omission? After some thought one little fellow said: “They’re the sins we should have committed but didn’t get
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Children | Christ | Humor
VERY PIOUS THINKING During the children’s sermon the Assistant Pastor asked the kids, “What is gray, has a bushy tail and gathers nuts in the fall? One five year old
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Aging | Humor | Perspective
SOME THINGS THAKE CAREFUL THOUGHT A reporter asked a man on his ninety-fifth birthday, “To what do you credit your long life?” The old timer responded, “Well, I’m not sure
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Complain | Humor | Labor | Ministry | Priorities
THE PREVIOUS PASTOR It seems the previous pastor was a paragon of virtue, he lived up to all the people’s expectations and was willing to live on a very low
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Humor | Priorities
PRIORITIES I like the cartoon strip The Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart. One day we see a poor bedraggled peasant coming up behind Rodney, the foot soldier, pointing
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Commitment | Consecration | Humor | Labor | Zeal
THE FRUIT OF HARD WORK A management consultant makes the following observation: “Be the first in the office every morning, be the last to leave every night, never take a
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Humor | Knowledge | Technology | Wisdom
COMPUTERS Computer forecasts are no more reliable than the assumptions on which they are based. If, in 1895, we had put into a computer the number of horses expected to
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Children | Family | Father | Humility | Humor | Mother
FAMILIES KEEP US HUMBLE As a pastor, some of my most candid and valid criticism comes from the members of my family. My teen-age daughter Marie is particularly sensitive about
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Forgiveness | Guilt | Humor | Remembering | Sin | Trust
TRUST IN GOD We were taking a canoe trip down the Illinois River and in one of the canoes a Counselor from our 7th grade camp was discussing with Scott,
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Children | Church | Humor | Worship
THE FAMILY OUTING The kids were always asking their Dad to take them out for a treat such as an ice cream soda after Sunday School and Worship. But one
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Children | Confession | Honesty | Humor | Truth
A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THE TRUTH A little girl had developed a bad habit. She was always lying. Once when she was given a St. Bernard dog for her birthday,
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Deceit | Honesty | Humor | Marriage | Truth
THE FORCED TRUTH A woman and her husband were invited to her rich aunt’s home for dinner. The wife instructed her husband to be sure and be nice to her
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Humor | Perspective | Sports | Trust
GOLFING TIPS As the Golfer approached the first tee, a hazardous hole with a green surrounded by water, he debated if he should use his new golf ball. Deciding that
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Children | Deceit | Humor
TO TELL A LIE In Boston a minister noticed a group of boys standing around a small stray dog. “What are you doing, boys?” “Telling lies,” said one of the
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