If you are over 50, there's a chance you may remember the popular weekly TV game show called "I've Got A Secret." In the show, celebrity panelists would attempt to determine a contestant's "secret": something…
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A husband and wife, together with their young son, were invited to a neighbor's wedding. For the little boy, it was the first opportunity to attend such an affair. As the family entered the Church,…
A recent seminary graduate, with an advanced degree in sociology, was called on to deliver a speech to a group of seniors in a retirement community. For what seemed like an eternity to some in…
We're all too familiar with our automobile's speedometer, but have you ever heard of a "trustometer?" Or, as an enormously popular web site calls it, a "Trust-O-Meter?"-2 Interestingly, this web site offers what they describe…
HOW TO LIVE So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
HELP IS NEAR The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.
DUMB Don't be afraid to ask dumb questions; they're easier to handle than dumb mistakes.
BEYOND THE SHADOWS Sunshine beyond the shadows -- Dawning beyond the night; Springtime beyond the Winter -- color and warmth and light. Gladness beyond the sorrow -- Laughter beyond the tears . . . Hope…
SHOULD I ASK YOU BACK? Should I ask you back? We miss you here, yet faith rejoices That you have joined those heavenly voices. Nature sees the body dead But faith holds the spirit fled.…
THE LAST MILE You say you are my friend, If truly so, then come and walk with me along my last long mile./The road is straight and has no turning, If weary you become, we…
RETURN THE JEWELS A rabbi lost both of his sons at once. It was on Sabbath afternoon, when he was in the House of Learning. His wife did not on his return break the news…
THE GRIEVING PROCESS A few years ago, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross gained international attention with her research about the grief emotions of the terminally ill. But the list she proposed also describes other grieving processes, including deaths…
GOODBYE OR SEE YOU LATER? Just for a while I'll miss you and the valley that I tread will be dark and drear Just for a while I'll miss your cheery face and for a…
LIFE AND DEATH The mystery of Life is Death; the mystery of Death is Life . . . In Life -- Death haunts the mortal mind yet when we leave the world behind, with all…
WHY AN UNDERTAKER? The inquiring reporter asked the young woman why she wanted to be a mortician. "Because," she said, "I enjoy working with people." San Francisco Chronicle
ONE TIME AROUND I expect to pass this way but once; any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let…
THE CROSS The great Dutch artist Rembrandt called one of his paintings, "Erection of the Cross." The man raising the cross was dressed in contemporary Dutch clothing; and those who knew Rembrandt knew it was…
THE VALUE OF CHRIST'S DEATH When David Livingstone, the great missionary, tried to explain the philosophy of God's plan of salvation to the Africans, they, hearing the story for the first time, asked him, "Teacher,…
DIE BEFORE YOU'RE DEAD A little girl one night was saying the familiar bedtime prayer that goes "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; If I should…
DEATH -- I WAS COMFORTED The Joe Baylys lost three sons and Joe recalled, after the death of one, "I was sitting, torn by grief. Someone came and talked to me of God's dealings, of…
