A hard working man heard an interesting conversation his two year old daughter had with his wife. They were discussing geography and the mother asked.” Where does mommy live?" "Minneapolis," answered ...
Jack has died, so his lawyer is standing before the family and reads out Jack's Last Will and Testament. "To my dear wife Esther, I leave the house, 50 acres of land, and 1 million dollars." "To my ...
A husband took his young daughter to the grocery store to help him buy groceries. In addition to the healthy items on his wife's carefully prepared list, the two of them returned home with a package o...
My daughter Katelynn has always been as sharp as a whip. She loves to learn. At church, people used to get kicks out of her understanding of theological issues. When she was six she came to me and saw...
A preacher I know has a daughter who keeps a daily notebook. On one page she had drawn a picture of her father and written carefully his name and address. When asked why, she explained. She had been w...
There is an old tale, attributed to Aesop, concerning a man who had two wives, one old and one young. The man was getting gray. His younger wife did not want to be confused for his daughter, so when h...
Shirley MacLaine, who claims to have spent times in past lives as a monk, a Russian ballet dancer, a male court jester, her own daughter's daughter, a harem dancer, a Brazilian voodoo practitioner, a ...
According to an old story attributed to Aesop, a man married off his two daughters. One married a gardener, and the other married a brick maker......
Sometimes I think the late Neil Postman is the prophet for out time. After reading about the Miley Cyrus photo fiasco, I am convinced of this. If you have a pre-teen daughter, you know that Miley is t...
First Look From the Westminster Teacher I gleaned this story of an artist's daughter who lost her eye-sight when she was a baby. After her mother died the girl's father became her constant and affecti...
A young girl once ran away from home to get married. Her father was very angry and said that he would never forgive her. She was sorry to have grieved her father and wrote him long letters begging for...
Wally Rendel, Pastor of Southern Acres Christian Church in Lexington, KY, sent this moving story in response to our request for Easter illustrations and sermon ideas: Our daughter, Jill Marie Rendel, ...
Here's an illustration from the movie Matrix: Revolutions, courtesy of MovieMinistry.com: The Big Idea: Love is a connection. Scene Setup: Neo finds himself on a concrete floor. As he awakens, he is l...
Walt Disney was once asked how it felt to be a celebrity. "It feels fine when it helps to get a good seat for a football game," he answered. "But it never helped me to make a good film or a good shot ...
The Harvest Never Fails A wealthy widower deeded all his property to an only son and his wife on the condition that he would be allowed to live in the country with them for the rest of his life. After...
No other relationship can take the place of a personal relationship with the Creator God....
If an earthly father can love unconditionally despite a child's mess, how much more does our heavenly Father love us regardless of our uncleaness?...
A guy walks into a shoe store and asks for a pair of shoes, size 8. The obviously well trained salesman says, "But sir, you take an 11 or eleven-and-a-half." "Just bring me a size eight." ...
John Wade used to tell the story of a man who lost his sense of being close to God. He made a pilgrimage to Mt Sinai and stood on the mountainside, while asking God to send him a sign. He was waiting ...