EXCESSIVE ABSENCES Attention: All Personnel Subject: Excessive Absences The following rules are now in effect: Sickness: Absolutely no excuses. We will no longer accept your doctor's statement as proof, as we believe that if you…
Sermon Illustrations
LOVE REMEDY "There is no remedy for love but to love more." -- Thoreau
TECHNOLOGY ERRORS You think the Y2K problem is bad.... In March, 1992 a man living in Newton (near Boston), Massachusetts received a bill for his as yet unused gas line stating that he owed $0.00.…
DEALING IN SUNSHINE People who deal in sunshine Are the ones, who draw the crowds, They always do more business, Than those who peddle clouds.
YOU SAY & GOD SAYS You say: It's impossible God says: All things are possible (Luke 18:27) You say: I'm too tired God says: I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28-30) You say: Nobody really…
CHEATED BY A FLY A Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walk into a pub. They proceeded to each buy a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage three…
GOD'S HAPPY MEAL In church Sunday, we celebrated Communion. During the "Children's Sermon", the minister was talking about communion and what it is all about. The Bible talks of Holy Communion being a "joyful feast".…
HOLINESS TO MERCY In short, Jesus moved the emphasis from God's holiness (exclusive) to God's mercy (inclusive). Instead of the message "No undesirables allowed," he proclaimed, "In God's kingdom there are no undesirables." -- Luke…
FIRED WITH ENTHUSIASM Dr. Clark Kerr, director Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, recalling his dismissal as president of the University of California: I left the presidency as I entered it, fired with enthusiasm.
THEY WILL FIND ME A cruise ship sinks and three men--a Christian, a Moslem, and a Jewish man--survive and find themselves shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. The Christian, takes two palm branches, forms them into…
AGE-OLD WISDOM A man recently learned that compliments must be carefully measured and distributed when he told a woman she looked younger than her actual age. His exact words were: "I'm not sure how old…
CHURCH OR MORE BAIT A young boy came to Sunday school late. His teacher knew that he was usually very prompt and asked him if anything was wrong. The boy replied that he was going…
Children | Death | Graves | Humor | Perspective | Perspectives | Remembering | Tombs | Understanding
DEAD PEOPLE SEE THE STICK On their daily walk a little girl would walk with her mother past a cemetery. One day she saw someone push a wooden stick into the soil in front of…
JUST A LITTLE PART A mechanic working under an aircraft noticed a small leak from the forward lavatory. Having just completed the repair of a more sophisticated mechanical malfunction that had threatened to delay the…
U Subject: something to think about Before U were thought of or time had begun, God even stuck U in the name of His Son. And each time U pray, you'll see it's true You…
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS & TURN ONS Austin was flying home and listening to the flight attendant do the "safety speech" thing. Since it was a red- eye, she said the cabin lights would be dimmed. "If…
HOW TO BE REMEMBERED Asked how he would like to be remembered, Jackie Gleason once said, ". . . I'd just like to be remembered." Brad Darrach in People Weekly
PEOPLE TRAP You have heard that if someone builds a better mouse trap, people will beat a track to your door. But what if a mouse was to build a better people trap? Then people…
TRUMAN ON POLLSTERS Here's a timely quote with all the poll taking of the present administration as well I'm sure of all the pollsters in the coming months from Harry Truman: "How far would Moses…
RING BEAR A little boy was in a relative's wedding. As he was coming down the aisle he would take two steps, stop, and turn to the crowd (alternating between bride's side and groom's side).…
