AGE OLD BARGAIN I am more athletically inclined than my husband and frequently engage in biking, canoeing and other strenuous activities. Several years ago, when my husband was 60, he came inside after a day…
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THE CURSE OF THE QUEEN Would you like to be Queen Elizabeth? Probably not; she has an entire stable of problems, mostly with her kids. That aside, it still is a lot less attractive position…
HEARTS AND WALLETS The key to a man's heart may be his stomach, but the picture of his heart is his wallet.
PAINT THE MARK There's a country western song that's popular right now that says: "Whenever I make my mark, somebody paints the wall." I can't tell you how many times I've felt like that. How…
HEAVEN REUNION Today, says the sociologist Father Andrew Greeley, who has been surveying attitudes toward the hereafter for the last 16 years, Americans look forward to a heaven where they reunite with earthly relations. Meeting…
A POLL ON HEAVEN AND HELL Nearly three-quarters of Americans believe they have a good chance of getting to heaven, but they think nearly a quarter of their friends will go to hell. A poll…
SELF-MADE GODS "If God made man in his own image," it is said, "then man has returned the compliment." We are like the character in one of G. B. Shaw's plays, whom the playwright describes…
FACING TROUBLE Avoid trouble when possible, face it when necessary. Louis L'Amour, Jubal Sackett
FAITH QUESTIONS FAITH If you've never had a question about your faith then you probably don't have much faith. By Steve Brown
CALM WATER AND CROCODILES Just because the water is calm doesn't mean there aren't any crocodiles. A Malayan proverb
LIMITED LEARNING When we humans get to thinking that we are so smart, we are well-served to consider the production of the diary cow: milk... and the production of the chicken: an egg... We have…
A QUESTION OF EXPERIENCE My daughter, watching me diaper our third baby, asked, "Did you have any experience with babies before Nathan was born?" By Beryl Singer, Massachusetts, from Help for Growing Families, Fenton, Missouri
PERFECT CHILDREN Allen Vehey, professor of religion at Hope College in Holland, Michigan worries that society is beginning to see "the duties of parenting as making perfect children and making children perfect rather than in…
GET THE STINK OUT "Disciplining children is a lot like taking out the garbage: If you don't do it, you have no right to complain later if something smells." Ann Landers, September 15, 1989
DINNER IS ALMOST READY A hen-pecked husband came home for supper and found this note from his wife: "Dinner is in the cookbook, page 18." From The Christian Word by The Downtown Baptist Church, Oklahoma…
DO IS DUE Once there was a minister who put all his bills into a drawer marked "Due Unto Others." Anonymous author
UNLIKED SHORT CUMMINGS There was a large family by the name of Cummings who were members of a certain church. One Sunday the preacher really let loose a scorcher on sin. He talked about our…
FIVE MISTAKES A business woman stopped at a coffee shop and ordered a cup of coffee. The waitress grudgingly delivered it and asked, "Anything else?" "Yes," said the business woman, "I'd like some sugar, cream,…
BIRTHDAY MEMORIES When reproached by his wife for forgetting her birthday, the husband had an appropriate response. He replied, "How do you expect me to remember your birthday when you never look any older?" Adapted…
FINDING FAULT IS EASIER The business of finding fault is very easy, and that of doing better very difficult. By Francis de Sales, Spiritual Maxims
