TOO MUCH FAITH A rancher out west left an unusual request with the funeral director when he made arrangements for his interment: “I want to be buried in my trusty old pick-up truck.” The undertaker tried to talk him out of the bizarre request but to no avail. “It’s like this,” said the rancher. “I …
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CHASING SHADOWS Max was a handsome Irish Setter which my brother’s family had agreed to “baby sit” for the weekend. I also was visiting them that weekend and was keeping an eye on Max while they ran some errands. It was a bright, hot, Georgia afternoon. Max was resting in my brother’s large fenced-in back …
TIMELESS WISDOM Once a king asked the wisest man in his court to give him a bit of wisdom that would bring him up when he suffered hardship, and bring him back down to reality when he felt arrogant and life was good. The wise man thought for weeks, and finally came up with the …
BEAUTIFUL DOMINOES Rick Yohn tells of watching a young man on television who had set up an complex arrangement of dominoes. At the determined moment, he set the first one in motion. Over the course of about a minute, the motion continued in an elaborate and beautiful design. But then it was over! They had …
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