What’s The Attraction?
There is in each one of us, the primitive fear of darkness. We can remember how it was when as little children, we were afraid of the dark. We had […]
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Fear
It Gets You Started
George and Marjorie were given a thirty-fifth wedding anniversary party. During the celebration, George was asked to share some of his thoughts about the long-lasting marriage. He began by going
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In His Hand
A fire-and-brimstone preacher was delivering a sermon on the end of the world, “Reform your lives,” he boomed, “because when you least expect it the signs of the Endtime could
Let’s Do Something
During World War II, Joe Louis, the champion heavyweight boxer, was one of several celebrities scheduled to say a few words at a fund-raising rally for the Navy Relief Society.
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Leap Of Faith
Advice columnist Ann Landers receives an average of 10,000 letters a month, nearly all of them from people who are burdened with problems. Asked if there is one predominant theme
It Comes As No Surprise
It isn’t always easy to say the right thing on the spur of the moment. Consequently, it is easy to sympathize with the fellow who met an old friend with
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What Are We Waiting For?
On 57th Street in New York City there is an upscale boutique called “Chanel.” From time-to-time the boutique conducts a special “Private Sale” for its patrons. These sales always draw
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Wagging Your Tail
A man named Hartley had a morbid fear of thunder. He went to a prominent psychiatrist who specialized in the treatment of this phobia, which is called “brontophobia.” Said the
Melt Down The Saints
“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.”1 That’s the title of a children’s book in which a boy about seven-years-old who really has a terrible, horrible, no
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The Christmas Answer
A man consulted with his pastor about a certain problem he was having. “How can I help you? What seems to be the trouble?” the pastor asked. “I feel all
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With Eyes Wide Open
In Swedish folklore there is the story of a country doctor who went out to a farmhouse one night where a woman was about to give birth. As the woman
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One Thing Certain
Two men who had not seen each other for a long time met by chance one evening in an all-night diner. They became so engrossed in talking about old times
Calm Your Fears
In one of Aesop’s fables, a bunch of frogs pray to the god, Zeus, to send them a king. Zeus responds by throwing a big log into the frog pond.
Outrageously Happy
To the Church at Philippi, Paul wrote these words: Your attitude must be that of Christ. Though He was in the form of God, He did not deem equality with
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Stay Awake!
Fear makes men believe the worst. There is more than a kernel of truth in this ancient maxim. Obsessive fears can transform benign and even beneficial objects into symbols of
Safe!
A young American serviceman, on returning from Vietnam, was asked by some of his friends how the war experience had affected his life. He said, “The thought that the end
The Goblin Of Death
Old Patrick O’Brien lay in his bed, dying. In fact, he had been dying for several weeks. And, during that time, Father Murphy, his parish priest, had visited him almost
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He’s Already There
Several years ago, the newspapers ran a story about a desperate prisoner in Australia who successfully carried out his plan to escape from the county jail. He managed to do
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