Holding Hands
The ancient Egyptians believed that when they died they would be asked by the god they called “Osiris” two questions. Their answers would determine whether or not they could continue […]
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Only One Way To Turn
“I dream of faraway places,” wrote a man who felt like “getting away from it all” … I dream of faraway places, And often I take myself yon, Like the
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Who’s Dying?
The legendary American lawyer, orator and politician, Daniel Webster, was visiting John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States. Webster asked the eighty-year-old Adams how he was feeling. The
A Matter Of Choice
A pious pastor who had been a teetotaler all his life, was invited to dinner by a new parishioner. “Would you gentlemen care for a drink?” the waiter asked. “I’ll
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Perfect Attendance Record
A sixth grade teacher was trying her best to discipline a particularly mischievous student. She tried reasoning with him. She tried scolding him severely. She tried bargaining with him. Again
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At Rights With God
From the pen of an anonymous poet: I got up early one morning, and rushed right into the day; I had so much to accomplish, I didn’t have time to
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If You Want To Be Happy …
Some time ago, at a sectarian University, the story went around about a student who had enrolled in a Course entitled “Theology 101,” known all over the campus as a
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Never Go On Strike!
Jesus tells us in Matthew’s Gospel Lesson that we must be perfect just as our Heavenly Father is perfect. Which is to say, that we must be perfect in our
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Along Comes The Devil!
In Southern Florida, a signboard in front of a country Church announces the title of the next Sunday’s sermon. Once, in the midst of a particularly intense heat-wave, the pastor
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Lord, Shut My Mouth
For those among you who would like to better your life by losing weight, there is the “Dieter’s Prayer,” suggested by a medical doctor: Lord, grant me the strength that
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Grasp His Hands
A little boy was behaving perfectly at the Baptism of his infant sister — until the pastor started sprinkling water on the little one’s bald head. Seeing this, the lad
