IF NOAH HAD BEEN WISE If Noah had been truly wise, he would have swatted those two flies. By Helen Castle, National Enquirer
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WE NEED OUR SKIN Beauty is only skin-deep... but it is skin-deep: My wife was grading a science test at home that she had given to her elementary-school class and was reading some of the…
THAT WHICH REMAINS MATTERS Following cancer surgery and given a slim chance to live for more than another five years, Hubert Humphrey said, "It isn't what they take from you that counts -- it's what…
UMPIRES & CATCHERS Veteran American League baseball umpire Bill Guthrie was working behind the plate one afternoon, and the catcher for the visiting team was repeatedly protesting his calls. Guthrie endured this for a number…
COMPROMISE WITH A BEAR A Russian parable tells of a hunter who raised his rifle, or so the story goes, and took careful aim at a large black bear. When he was about to pull…
MULTIMILLIONAIRE FOR A DAY Howard Jenkins of Tampa, Florida had fun as a multimillionaire, even making a four million dollar withdrawal during his lunch break. Why? Because it was there -- after a bank's computer…
WORSE THAN BAD BREATH Bad breath is better than no breath at all.
FRACTURED HISTORY An English teacher at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, writes the syndicated column, Looking At Language. In one of his columns, Mr. Lederer shows some bloopers from the eighth grade through college…
THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT Harry Rimmer, in his book, Moses and the Gods of Egypt, writes of the plague of frogs: Like the blanket of filth the slimy, wet monstrosities covered the land, until men…
END OF OUR DIRECTIONS If we don't change our direction, we're likely to end up where we're headed. Ancient Chinese proverb
NEEDFUL LUXURIES I don't need the essentials, It's the luxuries I can't live without.
THE PLACE OF THE CHURCH The church is a supernatural entity, and her greatness lies not so much in her past history as in her present potential and ultimate destiny.
FAITH, HOPE, & PATIENCE God makes a promise. Faith believes it. Hope anticipates it. Patience quietly awaits it.
DECODING MESSAGES "Captain, there's a message for you from the admiral," reported the ensign. "Well, read it!" The ensign read, "Of all the blundering, bone-headed nincompoops, you take the cake!" "Have that decoded at once!"…
READY FOR DEATH FOR A LONG TIME Living is the business of getting ready to be dead for a very long time. By William Faulkner
KNOW WHEN TO QUIT Grasp the possibility that a truly tough and worthy competitor knows not only how to fight but also when to quit. By Jeffery Z. Rubin
ROSE BUDS FOR YOU During the dedication of babies ceremony in his church, a young southern pastor would always refer to the baby girls as "Rose buds." No wonder that it brought smiles to his…
MADE TO STRETCH God created man something on the order of a rubber band. A rubber band is made to stretch. When it is not being stretched, it is small and relaxed; but as long…
GOD IS WITH ME After the battle of Richmond the body of a Union soldier was found with his hand resting on a book. His finger still lay positioned on these words, "Yea, though I…
NOT MY WILL The poet penned: I ordered the Lord: Get right with me. My will be done, And instantly! And I don't know why, But prayers fell numb, Till I learned to pray, In…
