Several years ago a Washington TV reporter who was working on an assignment on “the Spirit of Christmas,” telephoned the British Embassy and asked to speak to the British Ambassador. ”Ambassador,” the reporter said, “you…
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It was Christmas Eve and, as usual, George Mason was the last to leave the office. He walked over to a massive safe, spun the dials, swung the heavy door open. Making sure the door…
The shepherds were sitting around a fire on a hill near Bethlehem. The night before an angel had appeared to them, and now the air was filled with the sound of a choir of angels…
At Christmastime, a schoolteacher in England supervised the construction of a manger scene in a corner of the classroom. It delighted her pupils to set up the model barn and cover the floor with real…
Three little brothers had all been given new sleds for Christmas. That night they prayed for snow, and they laid in bed with the radio turned on in order to hear the latest weather forecast.…
"What good is it, my brothers and sisters if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you?" (James 2:14). Many of you remember the lines from "My Fair Lady"…
". . . wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, 'Where is the Child who has been born King of the Jews? For we observed His star rising and have come to pay…
"Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you." (Jn. 6:53). As we move deeper into the Advent Season,…
During the Great Depression there was a man who lost his job, a fortune, his wife and home, but tenaciously held on to his faith - the only thing he had left. One day, he…
A little boy went to the corner grocery store and asked for a box of detergent. The clerk said, "Son, what do you need the detergent for?" "I want to wash my dog!" the boy…
St. Peter and Satan were having an argument one day about baseball. With a suspicious grin, Satan proposed a game (to be played on neutral grounds) between a select team from heaven and a hand-picked…
The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, designed some unusual buildings. On a university campus in Florida stands a library designed by Wright with an extremely low ceiling, so low that if you are six feet…
A young girl was shopping in the supermarket with her grandfather. At the baked goods counter, grandfather selected several items, including a loaf of bread wrapped in plastic. Whereupon, the granddaughter removed the bread from…
Tongue in cheek, the inventor, philosopher, anthropologist, engineer, and architect Buckminster Fuller described how complex a human being is. Mr. Fuller's Human "Specification Sheet" reads as follows: (1) A Self-balancing, twenty-eight jointed, adapter based bi-ped;…
The following is a true story. A man named Joe and his wife Evelyn waited in line to board a plane for Chicago. The gate attendant announced over the loud speaker: "Anyone under six or…
A few years ago, an important international medical conference took place in London. As the doctors filed into the main conference room for the opening address, they were each handed an agenda for the day,…
It was reported in "Sports Illustrated" magazine that athletes who intended to participate in the National track and field championships were required to fill out a questionnaire. Among the questions were, "What is your hobby?"…
Henry Thoreau once described the "art of living" as the "highest of arts." He said that the people who practice this "highest of arts" are not artists in the usual sense of painters, sculptors, authors…
Humorist Woody Allen was seen on a television talk show discussing his past romantic relationships. He was questioned about the dating experiences he had while in college. Mr. Allen recalled a wonderful relationship that lasted…
An old bishop in Washington, D.C., had grown tired of the socials and embassy parties he was expected to attend just about every other day. At one such occasion, he entered the reception room wearily,…
