HELEN KELLER ON BEAUTY Helen Keller's home on Long Island was sold, the purchaser was amazed to find that it was a house of many windows, with beautiful views. One of these looked out over…
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FOOD TO DIE FOR What is the most popular last meal on death row? According to Texas Department of Criminal Justice, burgers are the top entree of choice. Of the 144 men executed in Texas…
GOD'S GIFTS BEYOND MAN'S DREAMS God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. -- E. B. Browning
Y2K NAMES You've no doubt heard about the Y2K problem, the world's biggest programming boo- boo. But hundreds of companies are dealing with a more prosaic Y2K problem: somewhere in their name is the soon-to-…
ADS FOR GOD Recently a Ft. Lauderdale advertising agency launched a billboard (including the inside and outside of buses) that included 17 different messages "from God." An anonymous client sponsored the following non-denominational campaign messages:…
THE "I CAN'T" FUNERAL Donna's fourth grade classroom looked like any others I had seen in the past. The teacher's desk was in front and faced the students. The bulletin board featured student work. In…
LISTING TEN COMMANDMENTS On his final exam a student was asked to list the Ten Commandments in any order. In a desperate attempt to not flunk this exam he answered, "3, 6, 1, 8, 4,…
THREE TREES Once there were three trees on a hill in a wood. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said "Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could…
HALF CATHOLIC & HALF BAPTIST A woman went to the Post Office to buy stamps for her Christmas cards. "What Denomination?" Asked the clerk. "Oh, good heavens! Have we come to this?" said the woman.…
YOU MIGHT BE A SOUTHERN BAPTIST You might be a Southern Baptist if. . . You think John the Baptist was from the south; You think God's presence is strongest in the last row of…
PASTORS LACK DIRECTION My son David was given one of his first assignments in the first grade to help him learn his directions. The teacher asked the children in her class to ask at home…
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GOD SENT A PROFESSIONAL A woman was at work when she received a phone call that her daughter was very sick with a fever. She left her work and stopped by the pharmacy to get…
FLEXIBLE PRAYER STYLES Brad Kent writing about prayer, "What I've discovered is I can be with God in many different ways. I don't have to come to God's presence with head bowed and hands folded.…
DOCTORS & SHINGLES One man walked into a doctor's office, and the receptionist asked him what he had. He told her he had shingles. So the receptionist took down his name, address, medical insurance number…
VOICE OF JESUS ON THE PHONE The church secretary would typically answer the phone saying, "Jesus loves you. Karen speaking. How may I help you?" One day she was deep in conversation with an office…
SEEING-EYE CHIHUAHUA There's a guy with a Doberman Pinscher and a guy with a Chihuahua. The guy with the Doberman Pinscher says to the guy with a Chihuahua, "Let's go over to that restaurant and…
HOME OF THE CARDINALS When the Pope announced that he wanted to go to the United States, he was asked where in the United States he would like to visit. He said that he just…
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX A job applicant goes into the human resources office for an interview. The interviewer decides to start with the basics. "So, can you tell us your age, please?" The applicant counts…
GOD'S PART & MINE God's part is up to God. I have nothing to do with that. But my part is to assume that God is already at work, even if I cannot discern it,…
BLIND LUCK or BLIND LEAP OF FAITH One day at a busy airport, the passengers on a commercial airliner are seated, waiting for the cockpit crew to show up so they can get under way.…
