BE SURE AND MAIL EARLY In December, 1940, Mrs. A. E. Gadsby of Niagara Falls, Canada, mailed a Christmas parcel to her daughter in Prestwick, Scotland. The ship carrying the mail was torpedoed off the…
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TWO LONELY PEOPLE We hurried on, our heads bent against the wind, to the cluster of lights ahead that was 149th Street and Westchester Avenue, and those lights seemed to me the brightest lights I…
A CHILD LEARNS ABOUT LOVE In her autobiography, The Story of My Life, Helen Keller tells how as a deaf and blind child she learned from Anne Sullivan the meaning of love. "I remember the…
CHANGE THE ANSWERS A university alumnus, shown a list of examination questions by his old economics professor, exclaimed, "Why, those are the same questions you asked when I was in school 20 years ago!" "Yes,"…
PERSPECTIVE FROM A CEMETERY The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r. And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.…
CAPITALISM Lately a number of Christian authors have written on the question, "Is capitalism Christian?" The attempts to answer this question have been scholarly and well developed, but some of these writers fail to perceive…
GREED There are those today who would destructively exploit the environment and bring suffering to others in order to gratify their craving for financial gain. A case in point can be found in a recent…
OVERCOMING GREED There is one primary way to overcome greed, and that is to discover the joy that comes from self-giving. The nature of sin is that it blinds us to the truth that we…
SATISFYING Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund. F. J. Raymond
RICHES A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can affor to let alone. Henry Thoreau
THE RICH Don't knock the rich. When was the last time you were hired by somebody poor? Robert Orben
TITHING A priest, Father Jerome Kelley, once asked one of his parishioners, Joseph Bucholz, to serve as financial chairman of his parish. Mr. Bucholz, the manager of a grain elevator, agreed on two conditions: 1.…
MONEY Jesus talked a great deal about money. Sixteen of the 38 parables were concerned with how to handle money and possessions. In the Gospels, an amazing one out of 10 verses (288 in all)…
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING The time is early Dec. A family of four drives to a suburban mall to do some Christmas shopping. They decide to shop separately so that the presents they purchase for each other…
MODERN CHRISTMAS TREE On January 1st, one man's New Year's resolution was to become a non-conformist. For instance, he resolved never again to take part in the over- commercialization of Christmas. He would become a…
HOW MUCH? The Russian author, Leo Tolstoy, tells the story of a rich peasant who was never satisfied. He always wanted more and more. He heard of a wonderful chance to get more land. For…
LET'S GET PRACTICAL And then there was the wife who said to her husband, "This year let's give each other more practical gifts like socks and fur coats."
WHOSE BIRTHDAY? There was once a family that celebrated Christmas every year with a birthday party for Jesus. An extra chair of honor at the table became the family's reminder of Jesus' presence. A cake…
SELF-SACRIFICE Once upon a time there was a loyal servant of a great lord. The lord's castle overlooked a stormy channel, separating his domain from the homeland of a lovely lady. The servant, in charge…
MOTHER I think it was a girlish hand, Unlined, well-tended, when it held At first, my clinging baby hand In gentle grasps by love impelled. I think it was a youthful face That bent above…
