THE BIG PICTURE There are times when it helps to see the task in its entirety. This may serve as an incentive or as a reward. This appears to be […]
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COMPANY LAUGHTER Brother: “I think we have company downstairs.” Sister: “How do you know that?” Brother: “I just heard Mom laugh at one of Dad’s jokes.”
DON’T TAKE MY NAME One Christmas, a woman told her four year old niece that they were going to come to her house to exchange names for Christmas. This brought
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AN EMPTY GREETING In Jack Elrod’s “The Ryatts,” Missy comes running in from the mailbox with a letter in her hand. Her voice is filled with excitement as she says,
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HE GAVE A WARM BLANKET “What did the preacher preach about this morning?” the mother asked of her young son. “The preacher said that the Lord was going to give
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS Harry Truman, talking politics with a group of Yale students, was asked by one earnest youth, “How do I start in politics, sir?” Replied the former President,
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LAST WORDS St. Thomas More, on the way to his execution, came to the scaffold and turned to the executioner and said, “Would you mind helping me up, I can
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NOW IS THE TIME FOR TRUST An old banker in a rural Arkansas town was being interviewed for the local paper. “How did you get started in the banking business?”
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PRAYERFUL PARROTS A priest had two parrots. The parrots were also very devout. They prayed the rosary every day. The priest had an aunt who also had a parrot. But
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THE UMPIRE PLACE St. Peter and Satan were having an argument one day about baseball. With a beguiling leer, Satan proposed a game (to be played on neutral grounds) between
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THE FOOTBALL SERVICE Quarterback Sneak: Church members who quietly exit following the Lord’s Supper, a quarter of the way through the service, or near the last quarter of the service.
A REAL PROBLEM IN ARITHMETIC In an arithmetic class, the teacher gave her students a problem to solve that involved fractions: “Suppose that, in a family of five children, the
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KEEP THE TOWELS Said a priest to his bishop: “I won a his and her set of towels in a raffle. What shall I do?” Replied the prelate, “The way
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RABINICAL MOONLIGHTING The rabbi was wearing a reverse collar and explained, “I’m moonlighting.”
FIRST TO KNOW During the children’s sermon, we lighted the Shepherd’s Candle in the Advent Wreath. I was attempting to explain about the shepherds being the first to hear of
THE WAY IN THE MANGER My three-year-old son, Tommy, and I were singing Christmas songs together. Instead of singing “AWAY” in a manger, Tommy kept singing “THE WAY” in a
A MONSTROUS GIFT In Port Arthur, Texas, children at a Sunday School party were playing an alphabet game. Each would take turns saying, “I’m going to a Christmas Party, and
WRONG WISH LIST Little Johnny’s parents were puzzled when he announced that he no longer wanted the list of toys he had included on his Christmas gift list. “Didn’t you
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WATCH YOUR STEP There was a small country church that was having their yearly Christmas cantata. Part of the ritual of their cantata was that they always marched in singing
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HELP IS NEEDED A certain man was not much of a handyman, but he decided to save some money by changing the oil in his car himself. He prepared very
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