Two frogs fell into a can of cream - or so I've been told.The sides of the can were shiny and steep,The cream was deep and cold,"Oh, what's the use?" said No. 1,"tis fate - no help's around - Good-bye...
Stanford Research Institute was studying the differences in vocational perceptions. They devised a short but succinct test. The first to be tested was an engineer. The researchers asked him: “What doe...
Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq has built 50 palaces at a probable cost of two billion dollars. Each one has an underground bunker covered by concrete two feet thick reinforced with steel. They c...
Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq has built 50 palaces at a probable cost of two billion dollars. Each one has an underground bunker covered by concrete two feet thick reinforced with steel. ...
National Public Radio was interviewing veteran radio and television reporter Judy Muller about her new book entitled "Now This." She chose the title because those two words are used so often by radio ...
A woman was out Christmas shopping with her two children. After many hours of looking at row after row of toys and everything else imaginable--and after hours of hearing both her children asking for e...
A woman was out Christmas shopping with her two children. After many hours of looking at row after row of toys and everything else imaginable; and after hours of hearing both her children asking for e...
A man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need so...
Someone recently passed this story on to me. It is a story about two brothers. They lived on adjoining farms, but they had a deep quarrel. ...
No Time to Brag From Mongolian folklore comes this helpful little fable of the boastful frog. Two geese were about to start southward on their annual autumn migration, when they were entreated by a fr...
The preacher gives a human voice to the divine word so that others will hear from God. ...
In 1971, UCLA head coach Pepper Rodgers had a disastrous season that started with four straight losses. He later said things were so bad he had trouble finding any friends. "My dog was my only true fr...
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, here's an old favorite: Father O'Malley, the parish priest, was giving a sermon about charity. He said, "In our world today, some people have so much while others have s...
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...
The Queen of England has two birthdays. Her actual birthday is April 21, but the decision makers wanted to celebrate it when the weather is more pleasant, so her official birthday is the second Saturd...
There was a painter named Jack, who was very interested in making a dollar or two extra where he could. So he often would thin down his paint to make it go a wee bit further. As it happened, he got aw...
The week before Easter in Pampanga province in the Philippines, volunteers are crucified. Each remains on the cross for only a few minutes. The list of volunteers is so long that one must wait at leas...
Gospel musician Hilding Halverson told of overhearing a conversation between his son and two other little boys. The youngsters were bragging about their dads. One boy said proudly, "My dad knows the...
Here are some comments you'll probably never hear at church: 1. Hey! It's my turn to sit in the front pew. 2. I was so enthralled, I never noticed your sermon went 25 minutes over time. 3. Personall...