FINDING TURTLE LEGS A tourist visiting Florida purchased a small baby turtle about the size of a silver dollar for his four-year-old Jimmy. Jimmy had never seen this wonder of God's creation before and was…
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WHAT IS SUCCESS What is success? To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of…
FEDERAL OSTRICH STUDIES Word has it, there was a federally funded grant to discover why ostriches have such long necks. After thousands of dollars were spent, the discovery was made: The reason ostriches have such…
PASTORAL PRIVILEGE The pastor teaches, though he must solicit his own classes. He heals, though without pills or knife. He is sometimes a lawyer, often a social worker, something of an editor, a bit of…
CONSULTANTS A consultant is someone who takes the watch off your wrist and tells you the time.
POWER FROM THE PUMP A. J. Gordon went to a world's fair and saw a man in a brilliant golden suit pumping water with an old hand pump. The water was just gushing out. Dr.…
MERCY & GRACE Mercy withholds the punishment, but grace restores the offender. Both are closely related. Both give a break to the undeserving. Neither one can be earned. But grace goes beyond simply sparing a…
DEAD IN DOG YEARS In dog years I'm dead. Source unknown
UKULELE MASTERS NEVER HEARD A NOTE They've never actually heard a ukulele but Jose Hipolito, Jr. and Kenneth McFeeley of Honolulu sure knew how to make them. The two hearing-impaired men became master ukulele makers,…
BIBLE BASIC A father was approached by his small son who said, "I know the Bible!" The father replied, "What do you mean when you say you know the Bible?" The son replied, "I know…
NO-FAULT HEAVEN A notorious con artist died suddenly one night and began to worry about what awaited him. He left behind scores of families he had cheated through crooked business ventures. But when he got…
JOGGING TIME A man had been driving all night and by morning was still far from his destination. He decided to stop at the next city he came to, and park somewhere quiet so he…
SHE LOST HER FATHER A woman dressed in black had stopped to see a friend and her family. When the woman left, the little girl asked her mother why the woman was dressed entirely in…
NOT GOING THAT FAR A man was hitchhiking, and a hearse stopped to ask him if he needed a ride. The man answered, "No thanks; I don't think I'm going that far."
NOT BAD FOR A DIME After church one Sunday morning, a mother commented: "The choir was awful this morning." The father commented: "The sermon was too long." Their seven-year-old daughter added: "You've got to admit…
CHRISTIAN OR BAPTIST Robert Hastings told a story of a preacher friend returning from an out-of-town meeting. The preacher stopped in a small Georgia town to spend the night. After checking into a motel, he…
BOZO BOSSES The originator of "Dilbert" comic strip, Scott Adams, shares a few of the stories that his readers sent in to him about their own bosses: An impatient and frustrated boss was sitting in…
GOING OUT WITH A BANG A tough old cowboy once counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a little gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning.…
RIGHT THE FIRST TIME Here is a fresh response to those who think you do not look busy enough. Just tell them that the reason you don't look busy is because you did it right…
WILDERNESS FREEDOM The gospel always begins with a messenger, whether its an angel whispering to Mary's ear, or a parent telling a child a story, or a skinny prophet standing knee-deep in a river. What…
