TIME TO GO HOME The parsonage was next door to the church that I was serving. One Sunday night after the evening service, our family ran home to get in […]
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AN OPTIMISTIC HARVEST An optimist is a person who saves the pictures in the seed catalog to compare them with the flowers and vegetables he grows. Editor’s Addition: A pessimist
Desire | Faith | Gardening | Humor | Optimist | Perspective | Planning Read More »
PARTIAL COVERAGE The other day I read this little quip: “You know it’s going to be a bad day when you wake up in a hospital in traction and your
GOLF SOCKS The local golf club has issued a new rule: New members must wear two pairs of socks. The reason: they might get a hole in one. By Sam
THE VICTORY SHIFTS What a difference a generation can make! Cousin Pearl saw her son watching the old movie, “Remember Pearl Harbor,” on a Sony TV set. From “The Way
ORNERY VIEW “What a beautiful view you have,” the tourist said to the Ozark farmer. “Maybe,” replied the farmer. “But if you had to plow that view, harrow it, cultivate
Beauty | Blessing | Humor | Investment | Labor | Perspective | Short Shorts | Work Read More »
WHEN YOU BOTH SEE JUNK “You know it’s going to be a good day,” observes Dusty Rhodes, “when your wife returns home from the auction and says, ‘Shoulda seen all
Auctions | Humor | Junk | Marriage | Perspective | Short Shorts | Value | Values Read More »
THE COST OF THRIFT Tip Taylor told the boys down at the boat dock that sometimes people carry thrift too far, like his Uncle Maynard, who was taking long steps
DIVIDED LOYALTIES Politicians who are trying to please everybody at once remind Aunt Minnie of a pup trying to follow four kids at the same time. From “The Way I
SEMI-PRIVATE GOWNS Ned Nesbitt, who recently was released from the hospital, said he didn’t mind the semi-private room they put him in. What bothered him was the semi-private gown they
Appearance | Clothes | Complain | Hospitals | Humor | Modesty | Purity | Short Shorts Read More »
WHO IS ASLEEP? When people sleep in church, it may be the minister who needs waking up. From “The Way I Heer’d It” by Jim Reed, The Ozarks Mountaineer, May-June,
SEVEN FOOT EDUCATION Basketball coaches are all interested in higher education–and the closer they come to seven feet the better they like it. From “The Way I Heer’d It” by
FEWER INSULTS The chairman of the deacon board approached the new pastor, “Now Pastor, we only pay our pastors $50.00 a week around here.” “Why, that’s an insult!” responded the
SIZE DETERMINES SIZE The Sunday School teacher turned to eight year old Tommy, “Tommy, if you had a big apple and little apple, which one would you give to your
Care | Children | Gift | Giving | Humor | Justice | Sharing | Size | Wisdom Read More »
SHORT- SIGHTED MEMORY Alan Kraft of Greeley Colorado sent in a “Bob Hope classic” which is one of our “Humorous Contest” winners. We have published a similar story a number
COMPARED TO HIS BROTHER Two brothers were the most wicked scoundrels in this small rural village. Upon the death of one of the brothers, the surviving brother engaged a preacher.
Comparison | Death | Eulogy | Funerals | Honor | Humor | Praise | Reputation | Truth Read More »
A SELF- ASSURED TEXAN A Texas oilman died and went to heaven. After a few days, his bragging was getting on St. Peter’s nerves. No matter what part of paradise
Confidence | Death | Exaggeration | Heaven | Hell | Humor | Pride | Trust Read More »
RESURRECTION POWER Don Marquis, the New York newspaperman who charmed readers with tales of the cockroach and the cat, Archy and Mehitabel, in the 1920s loved to tell this story
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DIED IN SERVICE A 7 -year old boy attending church with his parents noticed a white flag with gold stars on it, and asked, “What’s that, Daddy?” His father whispered,
Child | Death | Endurance | Humor | Risk | Sermons | Servanthood | Service Read More »
NOTHING SERIOUS The doctor was giving a physical exam for a life insurance policy and asked, “What did your father die of?” The worried patient wanted to pass this exam.
Appealing Talk | Death | Father | Health | Humor | Insurance | Protection | Sickness Read More »
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