BLIND THANKS Earl Wilson, a famous newspaper columnist wrote, "Be thankful for venetian blinds. If it weren't for them, it'd be curtains for us all."
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A THANKSGIVING MONTH GAME A personal story by Rev. William Stidger I have a little game I like to play with my friends every November as we approach Thanksgiving time. I write at least one…
TASTE OF TURKEY Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before. -- Rita Rudner
ABLE TO SMELL OTHERS Don't you think it's funny that we can easily smell someone else's bad breath, but we cannot smell our own? Even though our mouth is directly under our nose, we have…
I WOULD SAY If Jesus were here this Thanksgiving Day, "Come to my house," I would say. If Jesus came to my house at sunrise, I would say..."My Lord, What a glorious surprise." If Jesus…
AIR-CONDITIONED COUNTRY A man from Nigeria moved to the United States. After a few years, one of his friends came to visit him. The man brought a coat to the airport so his friend would…
THANKSGIVING AS A FAMILY Thanksgiving is the time of the year that we remember and enact the traditions of our ancestors. They had one particularly unusual tradition. They would sit down as a family to…
FIRST PRAYER Two year old Robert Walker knows what giving thanks to God is all about. His mother told me that during their family prayer time, the two oldest children, Reed and Andrea decided they…
REARRANGE THE MANGER SCENE The December 1991 issue of Guidepost tells of a mother who allowed her two young boys help her arrange the nativity scene on her coffee table. Her boys kept placing the…
NO WAY IN A MANGER My daughter was three years old this past Christmas and loved to sing the carols she learned at Church. I listened as she sang a very familiar carol, but something…
THE SANTA RIOT Sometimes we fear that our world is losing its goodwill even at Christmas time. According to a news story in the early 1990s, a little boy in Chicago approached a street Santa,…
MERRY CHRISTMAS, RABBI An actual story is told by a young couple in Brooklyn, George H. Thomas, Jr. and his wife. They had a little boy also named George who was four years of age.…
TIS THE SEASON TO BE GRATEFUL In an episode of the comic strip For Better or For Worse, it is Christmas morning and Elizabeth, the daughter in the family, is sitting in front of the…
SANTA FORGETS Despite the best efforts of child psychologists, a few kids still believe in Santa Claus. One kid was taken to the mall by his parents and stopped in a large department store to…
OLIVE THE OTHER REINDEER Wrapping up a spirited chorus of her favorite Christmas song, our granddaughter, 5, commented, "Olive wasn't very nice to Rudolph." Quizzed on who Olive was, she elaborated, "Olive... the other reindeer."…
HOW MANY MAGI? A story is told of a pastor and a scripture scholar who find themselves sitting together on an airplane. The pastor immediately complains to the scholar: "You know, sir, there are some…
SUFFOCATED BY COATS Recently I read a sad story about a wealthy Boston couple who had invited some friends over to their home for a christening party for their new baby. A half hour into…
A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Christina Georgina Rossetti In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the…
GOD'S STAR & HIS SON Wise men sought a star to find God, God sent his Son to find humankind. By Michael Hodgin
DAD'S BEST CHRISTMAS He awoke suddenly and completely. It was four o'clock, the hour at which his father had always called him to get up and help with the milking. Strange how the habits of…
