Through The Eyes Of Children
As students entered the lunch line at a theological seminary, they walked past a big bowl of delicious-looking red apples. The cafeteria chef had put a sign over it which […]
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Christmas
I Cannot Do Without You
You may remember these lines from a protest song of the fifties: In the summer, you’re the winter; In the finger, you’re the splinter; In the banquet, you’re the stew
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Prepare Him Room
At a preachers’ conference, a discussion arose about people who fall asleep during the Sunday Sermon. One of the participants, well-known for his preaching ability, told of a woman who
Lucky Or Not
It was December 22nd and the mother of several children suddenly realized that she hadn’t sent out any Christmas cards. In dismay, she sent her 10-year-old son to the drugstore
Prince Of Peace
A woman named Betty tried to cram all of her Christmas preparations into a single day. Starting at 9 a.m., she shopped her entire Christmas list, bought a Christmas tree
A Love Story
Just a few days before Christmas, a family of four drove to a huge urban mall to do some last-minute shopping. They decided to shop separately so that any presents
Bridge Of Life
A little boy was trying to explain to a little girl the difference between a mother and a father. He thought about it for a while, then he said, “Daddies
Find Your Way!
Christmas is coming! Many decades ago, Mark Twain wrote the following Christmas Holiday message in a New York City daily newspaper1 … It is my heart-warm and world-embracing Christmas hope
Then You Can Keep Christmas
It has been said, and rightly so … If the Christ is born in Bethlehem a million times, and trudges the dusty roads of Palestine, preaching for a million years,
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A Kiss In The Dark
About this time of year in 1997, Washington Post journalist, Laura Britt, wrote a column entitled, “Christmas Blues.” In it, she tells of a telephone call she received from a
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God Keeps His Promises
Two boys, ages eight and ten, were terribly mischevious, sometimes out of control — so much so that whenever some mischief occurred at school or in the neighborhood, the boys’
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Even Santa Claus!
Rembrandt did a painting which portrays the Biblical story of the storm on the Sea of Galilee. Perhaps some of you have seen it. The little ship occupied by Jesus
True Family Values
There is a cartoon in which husband and wife are sitting at the breakfast table. The husband says, “And how is the light of my life this morning.” The wife
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