Time to brush up even if you’re not Catholic! You never know when, or by whom, you might be tested! AMEN: The only part of…
The Dark Candle
A man had a little daughter — an only and much-beloved child. He lived for her — she was his life. So when she became ill and her illness resisted the efforts of the best obtainable physicians, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health.
Analogies from School Essays
Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master. His thoughts tumbled in his…
Life Lessons
1 – First Important Lesson – Cleaning Lady. During my second month of college, our professor Gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious…
Cowboy and Big-City Church
Cowboy Joe was telling his fellow cowboys back on the ranch about his first visit to a big-city church. “When I got there, they had…
Burdens II
“Why was my burden so heavy?” I slammed the bedroom door and leaned against it. Is there no rest from this life? I wondered. I stumbled to my bed and dropped onto it, pressing my pillow around my ears to shut out the noise of my existence.
Burdens
An old legend relates that long ago God had a great many burdens which He wished to have carried from one place to another on…
Be A Kid Again
Try the following: Give yourself a gold star for everything you do today. Grow a milk mustache. Open a pack of cupcakes and give one…
Good Resolutions
This year, I resolve to… Gain weight. At least 30 pounds. Stop exercising. Waste of time. Read less. Makes you think. Watch more TV. I’ve…
Faith
Years ago, I was enthralled as I listened to a pastor who for several years had faithfully served the church. His executive responsibilities had taken him all over this country. As he concluded his message, he told of one of the most frightening yet thought-provoking experiences of his life.
Devil Goes To Church
Satan is a bit perplexed. He points to the Pastor and says, “You! I can understand why you didn’t run away, you are in your Lord’s house, you preach against me everyday and you aren’t afraid of me. But YOU (pointing to the farmer), why didn’t you run out scared like everyone else?”