SHORTAGES IN HEAVEN A couple were on the way to their wedding and were killed in an automobile accident. They went to the Gate of Heaven and were met by […]
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WE’VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY Sometimes the naive question, “Why do we do this?” may be the necessary catalyst for change in routines that have been carried out in
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THE OFFICIAL RULES FOR PASTORS Everyone’s heard of Murphy’s Law (“If anything can go wrong, it will”), Parkinson’s Law (“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its
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DU PONT’S LAWS RELATING TO PASTORAL SKIN If you’re concerned about being criticized, you’re in the wrong job. Whatever you do, somebody out there will be telling you that you
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WHEN THINGS DON’T SEEM TO WORK Jeremiah teaches that life isn’t all beer and skittles. There are also the tough times when things don’t flow as neatly as a seminar
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CULTURAL DIFFERENCES One Easter, a little girl named Audrey came home from school and was greeted by her grandfather who was visiting. Audrey couldn’t wait to tell him all about
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THE FIRST STORY Our new coeditor will begin by telling a story of pastoral embarrassment. A number of years ago I was pastoring my first church in a suburban area.
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WAITING ON GOD Here is another version of a story you may have heard before. . . Several pastors were telling each other how his church determined how the offerings
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SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT Two men were golfing together near a cemetery. While the one man was preparing to putt, a hearse turned into the cemetery. He immediately looked up, dropped his
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SUPERBOWL WISDOM During the boredom of Superbowl XXIV, the announcers had to come up with some pretty good filler stories. One that was particularly good was told of a San
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ALL YOU CAN DRINK FOR A DIME An enterprising young boy placed a sign over his new lemonade stand which read, “ALL YOU CAN DRINK FOR A DIME.” His first
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INSIGHT FROM THE WISDOM OF A CHILD I have always enjoyed asking my children what they learned in their Sunday School class. My oldest daughter, then five years of age,
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HISTORY REVISITED Here is a number of answers turned in by students of history teachers: David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar. Solomon his son, had 500
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A GOOD BET The minister felt sorry for the old man he saw in the park through which he walked to his office every morning. It seemed the world had
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THE FAITH OF A SPACE-AGE MUSTARD SEED An American astronaut lay strapped into his capsule, ready to be lanched, when a reporter asked via radio “How do you feel?” “How
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MAKOWER’S IMMUTABLE LAWS OF COMPUTING 1) No matter how much you know about computers, you can find an expert who can render everything incomprehensible. 2) You will never run out
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REVEALED SECRETS I ‘m furious about the Women’s Liberationists. They keep getting on soapboxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That’s true, but it should be kept very
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SIGN IN A BANK Don’t kiss our girls. . . they’re tellers!
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A LOYAL CUSTODIAN Extracted from the bulletin from a Presbyterian Church in California is a cute typographical error. . . or was it a mistake? Custodian/Handyman – 5 hours per
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CHURCH DAFFYNITIONS: Bulletin Board – a feeling of monotony caused by a repetitive bulletin format. Organ Donor – any person who contributes a large amount of money to the purchase
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