THE QUESTIONS MOTHERS DEAL WITH Our little girl was fascinated by the pictures of dinosaurs in the encyclopedia. Her little mind just couldn't comprehend how the scientists were able to put all of those bones…
Sermon Illustrations
MOTHER KNOWS A small boy sat with his mother in church, listening to a sermon titled, "What is a Christian?" The minister punctuated his talk at several key intervals by asking, "What is a Christian?"…
POWERFUL EVIDENCE UNREFUTED When Robert Ingersoll, the notorious skeptic, was in his heyday, two college students went to hear him lecture. As they walked down the street after the lecture, one said to the other,…
NOT TOO FAR FROM WRONG It was a Rally Day program at the church and a little girl was to recite the Scripture which she had memorized for the occasion. When she got in front…
THE SOUNDS OF MOTHER'S DAY On Mother's Day all over the country, grateful moms are pushed back into their pillows, the flower on their bird-of-paradise plant (which blooms every other year for 15 minutes) is…
NOTES TO MOTHER Dear Mother: I am going to make dinner for you for Mother's Day. It's going to be a surprise. Your daughter, Angie H., 8, Seattle. P. S. I hope you like pizza…
THE BEST Every night when the mother tucked her daughter in bed, the little girl said, "Mommy, your hair is beautiful. I love your hair. Mommy, your eyes are beautiful. I love your hair. Mommy,…
INFLUENCE A generous giver was asked how it happened that he gave so much to missions. He said, "It did not just happen. I had a missionary mother." By Haggard
WHAT DO YOU DO? Too many times women are made to feel that they should apologize for being mothers and housewives. In reality, such roles can be noble callings. When I was on the faculty…
BECAUSE "Because she understood me better far Than I myself could understand; Because her faith in me, like a guiding star, Steadied my feet, and strengthened heart and hand. Because her cheer and tender sympathy…
FAVORITE CHILD Every mother has a favorite child. She cannot help it. She is only human. I have mine, the child for whom I feel a special closeness, with whom I share a love that…
WHILE MY MOTHER SLEEPS We were watching T. V. one night . . . Mom, Dad and myself. The story was without interest, but it served at least to gather us together in the warmth…
MOMMA The cartoon strip MOMMA has the son running up and saying, "Hi, Momma! Can you sew on this button, in a hurry? And iron these slacks? And give me a cold glass of water?…
MOTHER'S HARD TASK TO LOVE Gibran, in The Prophet, expresses well the hard task of a mother to love completely and deeply and yet always with the task of letting go. "You may give them…
RECIPE FOR MOTHERS Preheat oven . . . check for rubber balls or plastic "He-Men," which might be lurking inside. Clear counter of wooden blocks and "Key-Cars." Grease pan. Crack nuts. Measure flour . .…
BEAUTY OF MOTHER It was mid-October, and the trees along the Blue Ridge Parkway were ablaze with color. At an overlook, we stood next to a woman who was showing the view to her elderly…
MATERNAL CONVERSIONS Spanish proverb: An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
TEENAGE AWARENESS First mother of a teenager: "My daughter doesn't tell me anything. I'm a nervous wreck!" Second mother of a teenager: "My daughter tells me everything, and I'm a nervous wreck!"
FAMOUS MOTHERS Alexander the Great's mother: "How many times do I have to tell you -- you can't have everything you want in this world." Franz Schubert's mother: "Take my advice, son. Never start anything…
THE MOTHERING EXPERIENCE My thirteen- year-old daughter is perhaps having more trouble than some teens "discovering who she is" because she is adopted from South Korea and we have no idea who her birth mother…
