THANK YOU FOR TOMORROW He was a little fellow. His mother had died when he was just an infant. And his father, trying to be both mommy and daddy, had planned a picnic. The little…
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CLEAN DREAM The kids' rooms are a mess But the living room's clean. The bathroom's a disaster But the kitchen's a dream. I wonder what year, What time, and what date All of these rooms…
TIED DOWN I am tied down... By clothes lines On which I hang Small blue and yellow rompers. By strings... Just commonplace white threads With which I sew on buttons, Mend wee pockets, Patch faded…
A FATHER'S THREE SUGGESTIONS In Herman Wouk's novel, "The Caine Mutiny," Willie Keith receives a letter from his father, the victim of an incurable disease. In it the father offers his son three suggestions. The…
SOUND ADVICE Sound travels slowly. Sometimes the things you say when your kids are teenagers don't reach them till they're in their 40's.
LOVE LISTENS How a military officer loved his wife out of a mental hospital: The psychiatrist had prescribed that his wife be admitted to the local mental hospital. He was stunned and challenged, but had…
REALLY???? Husband to spouse - "I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
JUST RIBBING! "I'm lonely," Adam told God in the Garden of Eden. "I need to have someone around for company." "Okay," replied God, "I'm going to give you the perfect woman. Beautiful, intelligent and gracious-she'll…
THE VALUE OF CHASTITY The chastity of a future spouse means far less to young Americans than to young Chinese, according to a recent international survey reported in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Out of…
NO NEED TO SHARE My husband and I live in a two-bedroom condominium with our six-year-old daughter, Rachel. Recently, we began shopping for a house. As we walked through a three-bedroom model, Rachel seemed enthralled.…
'TIL DEATH DO US PART In John Hersey's novel The Wall there occurs a haunting scene. This is a novel about the Polish Jews and the Nazis. And while it is a novel in form,…
DADS MAKE A DIFFERENCE A woman's capacity for intimacy - and thus her potential for successful male relationships - is directly linked to her relationship with her father. A study of 7,000 women who worked…
THE CHASTENING LOVE OF GOD Billy Graham comments on the subject: "The Bible says, 'whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth.' If life were all easy, wouldn't we become flabby? When a ship's carpenter needed timber…
DIVINE MARRIAGE EXAMPLE The model for our redeemed humanity is Jesus, who perfectly patterned both initiating maleness (toward His Bride, the Church) and responsive femaleness (in his submission to the Father) during His life on…
EQUAL INHERITORS It is significant that Peter (1 Peter 3:7) forbids any inferiority-superiority spiritual distinctions between men and women (they are equally heirs) while at the same time he insists on the authority-submission functional distinction…
REAL MEN "God wants men to be free. Free to demonstrate toughness when a situation or relationship demands it. Free to display grit, strength, commitment, and decisiveness under the Holy Spirit's direction. God also wants…
THE FEBRUARY BANQUET Every year we have tried to encourage our readers to use the words "Valentine Banquet" instead of "Sweetheart Banquet" for their annual February event. We do it again this year. Singles who…
FREE ROSES At a gas station on Mother's Day weekend: "Free rose for Mother with gas." Bea Alexandrovich, from Catholic Digest, May, 1988
THE ONE AND ONLY A friend of mine was in London on a foggy night, and he went to a club where he had a guest membership. Hoping to strike up a conversation with a…
BETTER OR WORSE A man came into his Pastor's office looking for help, "You've just got to help me, Preacher." The Preacher said, "What's the problem John?" "You've got to help me get an annulment…
