There is a famous scene in the original Peter Pan. Peter is in the children's bedroom; they have seen him fly, and they wish to fly, too....
"Peter!" his mother scolded, "There were two cookies in the pantry this morning but now there's only one! Do you have an explanation?" Peter replied, "It must have been too dark and I didn't see the ...
Three women die and all three reach Heaven at the same time. There they meet St. Peter. He tells them he has some other important business to transact and asks them to wait outside. Finally he returns...
Two female friends die together in a car accident. As they enter heaven, Peter says, “There’s just one rule in heaven. Don’t step on the ducks.” As you can imagine, there were ducks all over heaven. W...
When you look at a field of dandelions, you probably see weeds. When Peter Gail looks at it, he sees lunch. USA Today carried the story of the Dandelion Festival in Dover, Ohio. One enthusiastic parti...
When you look at a field of dandelions, you probably see weeds. When Peter Gail looks at it, he sees lunch. USA Today carried the story of the Dandelion Festival in Dover, Ohio. One enthusiastic parti...
President Theodore Roosevelt was known to go to church and sing the hymns louder than anyone else. This led to a story that made the rounds during his administrations. Recorded by Paul Boller Jr., ...
The story is told about a pastor who died and went to heaven. As he stood in line at the Pearly Gates waiting for his reward, he noticed that the man in from of him was a rough-looking character in...
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...
A friend told me about being in a boat hunting Canadian Geese in the dead of winter on a freezing lake. Bone cold the three of them in a 16-foot aluminum boat hold out for a few more minutes o...
"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said." (Peter F. Drucker) "You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people than you can in ...
A penitent monk single-handedly carved steps in the stones leading to the top of Mt. Sinai where Moses received the Law from God. There are 1,360 steps to the pinnacle. Pilgrims still climb those step...
In his great painting The Blue Cloak Peter Bruegel has incorporated at least 78 proverbs, maxims, rhymes and symbols. One shows a woman carrying fire in her right hand and a bucket of water in the lef...
It is important to remember that Jesus did not quit meeting with His disciples because Judas was a traitor and a thief, because Peter was fickle, or because Thomas had his doubts. His disciples were a...
It is important to remember that Jesus did not quit meeting with His disciples because Judas was a traitor and a thief, because Peter was fickle, or because Thomas had his doubts. His disciples wer...
It is important to remember that Jesus did not quit meeting with His disciples because Judas was a traitor and a thief, because Peter was fickle, or because Thomas had his doubts. His disciples were a...
In 1934 the city of San Francisco erected a cross, 103 feet tall and 39 feet across, on the top of Mt. Davidson in a public park. For years "Easter" services were held there. But in March of 1997 the ...
At the first exhibition of modern art a critic said negatively, "These are nothing but impressions." The criticism became, unintentionally, the definitive description of one kind of art, and today imp...