"I stood stock-still on the jungle path, confronted by a Papuan pygmy, a former headhunter. I stared at the diminutive creature. At such close range he seemed subhuman." So the Reverend Don Baker relates. A…
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Jessica Mclure, a two-year-old from Midland,Texas, was trapped at the bottom of an abandoned well for two days while the entire nation stood by, watching around-the-clock live news coverage of rescuers attempting to free her.…
Several years ago there appeared a newspaper article about a little boy who had wandered from his South Dakota home. His parents couldn't find him. State Police, Boy Scouts, friends and neighbors all joined in…
Three men set out on a journey. Each carried two sacks around his neck - one in front and one in back. The first man was asked what was in his sacks. "In this one…
Several years ago, a clever former U.S. Government bureaucrat started a national association for professional bureaucrats. The motto of the organization is: "When in charge, ponder; when in trouble, delegate; when in doubt, mumble."
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…
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,…
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…
There once was a very learned philosophy professor who had earned not one, not two, but three post-graduate degrees. And his head was crammed full of just about everything philosophers of every Age had to…
In a beautifully-written reflection on the familiar story of the conversation at Jacob's Well between Jesus and a Samaritan woman, a popular author has written: I'd give a thousand sunsets to see the expression on…
There was a young man named Bud who spent two years working in the oil fields of New Mexico in order to earn enough money for college. One winter day, when he was ninety-feet up…
"Why did God choose to make such a world as this?" someone complained to a friend. "I could make a better world than this myself." The friend replied, "that is the very reason God put…
Trust Him when dark doubts assail you, Trust Him when your faith is small, Trust Him when simply to trust Him Is the hardest thing of all.
Most of you have probably had this feeling at one time or another: You've planned for months or even years the trip of a lifetime. Maybe it's the ultimate vacation to celebrate your graduation or…
Rembrandt did a painting which portrays the Biblical story of the storm on the Sea of Galilee. Perhaps some of you have seen it. The little ship occupied by Jesus and the Apostles is being…
There is a parable about a man who was riding on a train but didn't know where he was going. There was good companionship among the passengers: they talked and laughed and made plans together…
There is a "Peanuts" cartoon strip in which Lucy and Linus are staring out the window at a tremendous rainfall. Lucy says, "Boy, look at that rain! What if it floods the whole world?" Linus…
In his own inimitable style, baseball's Yogi Berra once said, "You should always go to other people's funerals, because if you don't, they might not go to yours."
With the exception of a few immediate family members -- there was a certain man who never attended the funeral of any of his close friends or acquaintances. When asked why this was so, he…
In the New York Times best seller based on the author's convocation address at Syracuse University, George Saunders writes, "here's something I know to be true: What I regret most in my life are failures…
