ELECTRONIC EXCEPTIONS On a recent flight to Washington, D.C., heard over the intercom system: "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We'll be reaching our cruising altitude of thirty thousand feet shortly, at which…
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DADDY GOT TWO SHOTS The cold and flu season had come to our church and I was talking to one of the first graders after she and her father had missed a Sunday. I asked…
ABRAM'S GARAGE SALE Here is an imaginary conversation between Abram and one of his neighbors. The scene is a garage sale at Abram's and Sarai's house in Ur... Abram's Neighbor: "Whoa! There's lots of good…
ABRAM'S PHONE CALL Imagine Abram calling Sarai from the office, to tell her the good news? Hi, Dear. No, everything's Okay. Sure, I'll wait until you turn the TV down. No, I won't be working…
THE TIME OF BIRTH Suppose there is a person here who does not exactly know his age, and he wants to find the register of his birth, and he has tried and can not find…
CALLING FOR DADDY My two-year-old was having trouble falling asleep. For weeks my wife wrestled with the problem of my daughter's crying, etc. at bedtime. After several weeks I thought I should step in with…
HEAVEN OR HELL Heaven is where the police are British, and cooks are French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian, and it is all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the chefs are British,…
EMOTIONAL PAIN In 1885 the Illinois legislature elected Stephen A. Douglas as U.S. Senator instead of Lincoln. A sympathetic friend asked Lincoln how he felt. "Like the boy who stubbed his toe; I am too…
THE CALLAHAN CURSE I love the story of two women who met at a cocktail party after a separation of many years. After the initial delighted exchange of greetings, the first woman noticed that her…
FIRST & LAST MARRIAGE A young couple filled out a marriage license. Beside a blank on the license was the word "Marriage." The prospective groom wrote the word, "First." The prospective bride wrote, "Last."
SERMON SUBJECTS The new minister asked, "What should I preach about?" "About heaven and fifteen minutes!" was the reply.
FAMILY VACATIONS & BATHROOMS From an interview by Jill Nelson of USA Weekend in 1995, actor and director Ron Howard spoke concerning his family. One of his favorite activities with his family is vacation by…
BAD NEWS POPULARITY A recent survey concluded that the reason that the evening news is so popular is because it has so much bad news in its programming. It makes people feel so lucky to…
JUST TWO TIMES A young mother left her two preschool children for the day in the care of their less experienced father on his day off from work. At the end of the day, she…
TECHNOLOGY NOT SO NEW There is nothing new about some of our high tech inventions. For example, teleconferencing and answering machines existed prior to their high tech counterparts in form of a party-line.
MIRACULOUS PROVISION Donald Grey Barnhouse, while pastor of the Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, made it his practice to open himself up for questions on Sunday nights. Students from surrounding colleges jammed the auditorium…
NOTHING KNOWLEDGE INCREASE There has been an alarming increase in the number of things you know nothing about. From Internet address:
TIME TRAVEL FUTURE There's no future in time travel.
MISTAKES ONLY THE BEGINNING Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.
COMPUTER INTELLIGENCE Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
