I smiled recently when I read about an angry church member who blustered up to his minister, saying, "I phoned you Monday, but I couldn't get you." The preacher explained that it was his day off. "...
In a particular church they had a lady who was known to be the town gossip....
A young preacher and an older preacher go to breakfast with an 89-year-old long-time member. The young whippersnapper finally says "89? Wow. I don't know if I want to live to be 89!" The old man immed...
Rodney Dillard was a key member of the progressive bluegrass group, The Dillards. ...
A church member stopped the pastor and angrily complained that the church had purchased five new brooms, an expenditure he thought completely unnecessary. The pastor was surprised at the man's reactio...
If every church member in the United States were to suddenly lose his/her job and went on welfare, and yet were willing to tithe from the minimal amount received from public assistance, giving in the ...
The Waldensians suffered much persecution in Europe. When they feared their Bibles would all be destroyed, they began to memorize them. Different family members would take different sections of script...
After a great gathering of Christian youth, a church staff member was counting the offering. At the bottom lay a teen-aged girl's picture. Had someone taken that picture from someone's wallet and thro...
In some circles it is common to refer to practices like the use of marijuana and prostitution as "victimless" crimes. This indicates a belief that these practices are a matter of individual choice....
Three men were in a hospital waiting room when the nurse arrived from the nursery ward. She said to the first man, "Sir, you're the father of twins." He said, "That's amazing, because I'm a member of ...
He is an active member of a congregation in Queensland, Australia, and his name is Pax Young. We often encounter the surname Young, but his first name is not one you hear every day. How did he get the...
In the washroom of his London club, British newspaper publisher and politician William Beverbrook happened to meet Edward Heath, then a young member of Parliament, about whom Beverbrook had printed an...
In the washroom of his London club, British newspaper publisher and politician William Beverbrook happened to meet Edward Heath, then a young member of Parliament, about whom Beverbrook had printed an...
In his day, Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin was one of the most powerful men on earth. Bukharin was a Russian Communist leader who took part in the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, was editor of the Soviet ne...
Herb Miller used to tell a story about a man whose daughter was applying to an Ivy League school. In a questionnaire sent by the school, he was asked if his daughter was a leader. He answered honestly...
A man was visiting a church. He parked his car and started toward the front entrance. Another car pulled up nearby, and the irritated driver said to him, "I always park there. You took my place!" The ...
A parish priest was being honored at a dinner on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his arrival in that parish. A leading local politician, who was a member of the congregation, was chosen to make the pr...
A few years ago a friend of ours visited with hotel entrepreneur Conrad Hilton. As they separated an exchange of calling cards took place. Our friend shares Mr. Hilton's quote, "Food for Thought," whi...
When trying to get the better of each other, who's to say what playing fair really is?...