A man’s daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed. The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. “I …
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Dec 02 2006
How You See is What You See
A philosopher’s axiom: “Whatever is received is received according to the mode of the receiver.” This is best illustrated by a little story (via). A fat, overweight Buddha was sitting under a tree one day. An arrogant, young soldier walked by, saw him, and said, “You look like a pig!” The Buddha looked up at …
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Oct 26 2006
Letter from Heaven
She jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: “How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can I see him?” The surgeon said, “I’m sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn’t make it.” Sally said, “Why do …
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Sep 29 2006
Ready for Baptism?
A young man approached the pastor and said, “I think I want to be baptized.” The pastor replied, “You think? Don’t you know?” “I guess I’m ready,” replied the young man. The pastor nodded and reached his hand out to shake the young man’s hand. As the young man returned the gesture, the pastor grabbed …
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Sep 27 2006
Coincidence or Just Bad Timing?
In class yesterday, I had told the students to get out a half-sheet of paper and clear off their desks for a quiz. Some students were moving slow in clearing off their desk, desparately trying to re-memorize this small table of numbers they need to know for finding trigonometry values. I had just about every …
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