EGGS THE SIZE OF FOOTBALLS Coming upon a white leather football the farmer's son had brought into the yard, the rooster called his hens around him. "Now ladies, I don't want to appear ungrateful, but…
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PLAY DOMINOES INSTEAD George Bernard Shaw was dining in a London restaurant when an orchestra began to play loudly. The music went on for some time until Shaw beckoned the head waiter and asked, "Does…
ANATOMICAL VOWELS According to former line coach Pat Boland of the Iowa Hawkeyes, a football player taking an anatomy test wrote, "The anatomy is divided into three parts: the head, the chest and the abdomen.…
THE BEST SEX Based on my fifteen years as a practicing Masters and Johnson-trained therapist, I have put together a book which... has revolutionary premise of its own: that lifelong committed sex has the potential…
POINTING WITH PLOWS Bernie Bierman had a classic answer to the frequent question, "How do you get such big men for your Minnesota football teams?" It's like this friend. When I go driving along country…
ACTIVITY IS NOT THE SAME AS LIFE "Once a spider built a beautiful web in an old house. He kept that web clean and shiny so flies would patronize it. The minute he had a…
MORE THAN HER CAR Police don't know where Deborah Kemp found the strength. But Kemp knows. Six-year-old daughter Ashleye, was in the back seat, and Kemp wasn't going to let the man steal her car…
SOME FAMOUS LAST WORDS 1. I guess we've got enough gas to get to the next exit. 2. The state-trooper never patrols this stretch of the interstate. 3. I hope you won't take this the…
DEBATE OR SUBMIT Sometimes I think that many of the controversies over the Bible arise because it is easier for us to debate the Bible than it is to submit to it. By Richard Foster,…
PRAYER AND VITAMINS Many of us look at prayer about the way we take our vitamins. We don't feel so well so we go to the doctor. The doctor tells us we just need vitamins.…
GOD IS THE I AM I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly the Lord was speaking: "My name is I AM." He paused. I waited. He continued. "When you live in the…
DUTCH GIRL'S SALVATION Anne Weirsma, who like many Dutch people, ate tulips because there was no food, recalls how her pastor was arrested just before Christmas of 1944 because he prayed for the Jews and…
NO PLACE FOR COMPLACENCY Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking. By Lee J. Iacocca
LET GO AND LET GOD When you are troubled and worried and sick at heart, and your plans are upset and your world falls apart, remember God's ready and willing to share the burden you…
THROUGH THE ROUGH SPOTS A husband and wife were discussing old times, when the husband said, "My dear, I have taken you safely over all the rough spots of life." "Yes, dear," said the wife,…
SOME AUTHORITY A marriage counselor was listening to a couple as they explained their conflicts. After listening for a while, he attempted to offer some hope to what seemed irreconcilable differences. He leaned forward and…
THEY JUST DIED When we lived in Astoria, Illinois there was a tragedy that captured the attention of the entire community and even made the area papers and television. An elderly couple were found dead…
WHEN PEOPLE THROW MUD A man was standing at the side of the highway throwing clumps of mud at cars passing by. Finally one irate driver stopped, stepped from his car, and yelled, "Hey man,…
FEEL THE FACE OF JESUS In Belgium, there was a Nazi prison camp called Breendonk. Inside this camp, many Belgian citizens suffered and died during the Second World War. How did some of these people…
DEATH OF RIVER PHOENIX Heart Phoenix's response to her son River's drug overdose outside a Hollywood nightclub last year is as symptomatic of our age's ills as was his death. Heart hopes that River's overdose…
