Friendship leads to longer life, particularly friendship with Jesus, which leads to eternal life....
family asked a preacher to come to their home for dinner after church. The child of that family was quite precocious. To encourage conversation the mother asked the little girl how she liked the serv...
"How long ya been in for" is given a whole new meaning in church circles where preachers are long-winded....
Bishop Hall wrote: It is not the arithmetic of our prayers — how many they are. Nor the rhetoric of our prayers — how eloquent they are. Nor the geometry of our prayers — how long they are. Nor the...
News reports recently carried the story concerning Lester Lange of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Lange just celebrated his 108th birthday. He does not take medication. He has most of his original teeth a...
Ninety percent of all the flowers in the world have an unpleasant odor or no odor at all. Yet, we remember the flowers because of the ten percent that are pleasantly fragrant! Ten percent that is gi...
A veterinarian was feeling ill and went to see her doctor. The doctor asked her all the usual questions: What are your symptoms? How long have they been occurring? Etcetera. Finally the vet interrupt...
In a book by Paul Boller, the author tells a story about Woodrow Wilson. One of his cabinet members praised him for his short speeches. He then asked Wilson how long it took him to write a speech. ...
A few years ago newspapers in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, carried the story of a man who not only planned his own funeral, but attended it -- alive and well. He arrived at the church sitting in the back ...
In November 1993 Esquire magazine carried an article entitled "How to Live Forever." The article said that if all gerontogenes are deactivated, if cancer and heart disease are conquered, if genes can ...
After a long illness, a woman died and arrived at the Gates of Heaven. The gatekeeper came by and the woman said to him "This is such a wonderful place! How do I get in?" "You have to spell a word," t...
In Charles Schultz's famous Peanuts comic strip the little dog Snoopy is recalling the past. "I remember those summer evenings years ago at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. We used to sit around and sing wh...
Bob attended a seminar on interpersonal relationships and became convinced that he needed to do a better job of showing appreciation to his wife. So on his way home from work he picked up a dozen long...
One day an office telephone rang and a receptionist answered. 'Hello,' she said, 'This is Fidelity Insurance Company. How may I help you?' A female voice on the other end of the line said, 'I want to ...
The world’s oldest man recently died at the age of 114. His name was Walter Breuning. ...
Although most of us are familiar with the story of Christ's birth, realizing the wise men (probably many more than three) are a staple of nativity scenes and stories, many of us don't realize they did...
In his history of remarkable entertainers, Ricky Jay told the story of Tommy Minnick. Minnick had learned how to stand excruciating pain. Just before the turn of the century, in a hall in Trenton, New...
The news recently carried the story from Florida of a baby cat born with two faces. It is not certain how long the cat will live, although it had begun taking nourishment which was a good sign. Seve...
Harold Sherman quite awhile ago, wrote a book entitled How to Turn Failure Into Success. In it he gives a "Code of Persistence." If you give up too easily, write this down and read it daily. 1. I will...
Perhaps this article found in a church bulletin will interest you. It's entitles, "How to Get Rid of a Pastor." Not long ago a well-meaning group of laymen came from a neighboring church to see me....