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In the Moscow Circus a beautiful woman lion tamer would have a fierce lion come to her meekly, put his paws around her, and nuzzle her with ...

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was su...

The story is told of a Consultant who, sent to assess an orchestra's performance of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, wrote this repor...

Writing about the spiritual life is like making prints from negatives … Often it is the dark forest that makes us speak about the open field...

G. K. Chesterton and several other literary figures were asked one evening what book they would prefer to have with them if stranded on a de...

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve. I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health, that I might do grea...

A wise old gentleman retired and purchased a modest home near a junior high school. He spent the first few weeks of his retirement in peace ...

Two hunters flew deep into the remote backwoods of Canada to hunt elk. They bagged six elk. The pilot told them the plane could carry only f...

Enter the first applicant. “You understand that this is a simple test we are giving you before we offer you the job you have applied for?” “...

Twelve reasons why Local Clergyman Stopped Attending Athletic Contests 1. Every time I went, they asked me for money. 2. The people with who...

Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves: they will have no end of fun. Blessed are those who can tell a mountain from a molehill: they...

A nun joined a convent which had a rule of silence; she was permitted to say only two words a year. The first year she came to Mother Super...

Mrs Billy Graham told an audience of women once, “God hasn’t always answered my prayers … if he had, I would’ve married the wrong man sev...

Here are some letters kids wrote to their ministers: Dear minister: I know that God loves everybody, but he never met my sister. Dear minist...

After God had made the animals He asked them to go forth and multiply, and then to re-assemble in 12 months time to see how they were gettin...

A missionary deep in the jungle came across a witch doctor who was pounding his drum furiously. ”What’s the matter?” asked the missionary wi...

If all life is truly sacred, God, then help me to see the holiness of the everyday tasks of my life: cleaning house and laughing with friend...

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach for another is to risk involvement. To expose you...

Precious Lord, let me be Your servant, under Your command. I will no longer be my own. I give myself up to Your will in all things. Make of ...

The clock is my dictator, I shall not rest. It makes me lie down only when exhausted. It leads me to deep depression. It hounds my soul. It ...