A Montreal priest was fined $150 when city leaders said his church’s electronic billboard, which displayed Bible messages, was a form of advertising. The minister, Charles-Eugene Apesteguy sa...
Three boys are sitting around the lunch table at school. The first one says, “My dad's a lawyer. People pay him $200 just to write a letter.”...
Two Senior Citizens were out for their usual morning walk. They passed a funeral home. One said, "Let's just go in and give ourselves up." There's nothing like a bit of humor to counter the pessimism ...
Traveling north along Virginia's eastern shore one passes through villages with practical names like Oyster and Birdnest, and through villages with Indian names like Nassawadox and Pungoteague. Then j...
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...
In a Dennis the Menace comic panel, Dennis articulates a problem all of us have. He said to his mother as he was being put in time out, “I’m not good at being bad, I’m just bad at...
Robert Kopp tells about the pastor who was waiting in line at the gas station just before a long holiday weekend. The attendant said, "I'm sorry for the wait, but it seems everyone waits until the la...
Did you hear about the Baptist deacon who was driving along when he was stopped by the local police. Seeing an empty bottle on the floor, the officer said, "Sir, have you been drinking?" "No officer,...
Spiritual Multiplication Unfortunately most Christians are sterile. That is to say they never reproduce themselves, when God has clearly commanded us to make disciples not just decisions. Consider t...
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child....
Bob got home from work at his usual hour of 5 p.m., only to discover that it had not been one of his wife's better days....
Experts agree with disgraced evangelist Jimmy Swaggart - pornography is addictive. And, incredibly, it was Swaggart's own addiction to smut that led to his downfall - just as in others, it has led to ...
An elderly minister who survived the great Johnstown Flood of 1889 loved to regale audiences with tales of that harrowing event. When he died and went to heaven, he found himself in a meeting of saint...
How do you react when dealt crushing blows? When that happens, do you perceive God still is on His throne?...
The boss and his wife were coming over for dinner, and little Mary was helping by setting the table. She finished just as the company arrived, and as the guests came in and everyone sat down, Mother n...
A small town barber was having trouble with a new chain operation that came to town. To get the customers to change, the chain advertised a slogan "Home of the $5 Haircut." The old barber had just abo...
A beautiful golden flower called the aconite blooms in early spring in England. Sometimes the meadows are carpeted with them. There is a legend that these flowers grew in England only where Roman sold...
Little Johnny was in the garden filling in a large hole when his neighbor peered over the fence. Interested in what the youngster was up to, he politely asked, "What'cha doing, Johnny?" "My goldfish d...
Sometimes people just don't use their common sense. A man once recounted this incident at an airport. He said "I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked, 'Has any...
Hans Christian Andersen wrote of a mirror that made every good and pretty thing look bad. Don’t many of us have just such a distorted view of life? Good looks bad; and bad looks good. We must ...