SOUND ADVICE Sound travels slowly. Sometimes the things you say when your kids are teenagers don’t reach them till they’re in their 40’s.
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JUST RIBBING! “I’m lonely,” Adam told God in the Garden of Eden. “I need to have someone around for company.” “Okay,” replied God, “I’m going to give you the perfect
Creation | Expectations | Humor | Marriage | Obedience | Perfect Woman | Women Read More »
NO NEED TO SHARE My husband and I live in a two-bedroom condominium with our six-year-old daughter, Rachel. Recently, we began shopping for a house. As we walked through a
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FREE ROSES At a gas station on Mother’s Day weekend: “Free rose for Mother with gas.” Bea Alexandrovich, from Catholic Digest, May, 1988
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THE ONE AND ONLY A friend of mine was in London on a foggy night, and he went to a club where he had a guest membership. Hoping to strike
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BETTER OR WORSE A man came into his Pastor’s office looking for help, “You’ve just got to help me, Preacher.” The Preacher said, “What’s the problem John?” “You’ve got to
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IDEAL TO ORDEAL TO NEW DEAL A disgruntled husband came into his Pastor’s office and said, “Preacher, when I first got married, I thought marriage was the ideal. Now it’s
Commit | Commitment | Conflict | Faithfulness | Humor | Marriage Read More »
WHEN PUSH CAME TO LOVE My mom and I were eating lunch at one of the fast- food restaurants in our town. A small boy near us hopped down from
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ALMOST THE OLD WAY A certain church held a Sunday service patterned after those in Colonial America. The pastor dressed in long coat and knickers, and the congregation was divided
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POINTS OF COMPARISON A widow consulted a medium, who put her into communication with her late husband. “Peter,” said the woman, “are you happy now?” “I am very happy,” replied
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NEODANTEISM IN MARRIAGE A clergyman, while engaged in catechizing a number of boys in a class, asked one of them for a definition of matrimony. The reply was: “A place
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LOSING PATIENTS Attending Sunday Mass at an upper-East Side church in Manhattan, I sat behind a well-known neighborhood physician and his young son. During the service the priest read a
EAT YOUR MUSHROOMS A Swede was sympathizing with a Norwegian who had lost three of his wives in less than a year. So the Swede asked how they died. “Vell,
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MOTHER KNOWS YOUR NAME A middle-aged woman made her way into an apartment building to the twelfth floor. As she arrived at her intended destination, she rang the doorbell impatiently.
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THE JOKE IS ON WHOM? Lars: Say, Ole, I went by your house last night and saw you kissing your wife in the window. Ole: The yokes on you, Lars
MINDLESS MESSAGES A well-meaning lady, greeting her pastor at the back door, told him that his sermons on television meant so much more to her husband now, since he had
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KEEPING PROBLEMS AWAY Andy Capp walks home from the pub arm in arm with a friend, singing “Dear-old-pals”. As he enters his house, he calls out, “Yoo-hoo! It’s me-” And
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A FEW GOOD MEN AND WOMEN I heard the story recently of the president of a Fortune 500 corporation who was so impressed by a book entitled Men and Women
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ON THE LOSING SIDE I like the story about the ten-year-old boy who answered the doorbell at his home one day. When he opened it, there stood a strange man
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OVERTIME BRAIN In Jack Elrod’s comic strip, “The Ryatts,” Winky, the youngest boy, comes into the kitchen for breakfast rubbing his eyes as if he was having a hard time
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