How to Get to Heaven
The Reverend Billy Graham tells of a time early in his ministry when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon. Wanting to mail a letter, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When the … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Kids and Family
A Most Glorious Mess
“One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day.” – Andy Rooney
Continue reading →Search the Skies
“May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.”
Continue reading →Always Teach a Child
“You never teach a subject; you always teach a child.” – Dorothy Height
Continue reading →Mathematicians Scolding Their Children
How do Mathematicians scold their children? They say, “If I told you n times, I’ve told you n+1 times…”
Continue reading →God’s Quarter
Several years ago a mother gave her son two quarters. One was for his Sunday School offering. The other was for an ice cream cone on the way home from Sunday School. One Sunday, Billy was flipping a quarter in … Continue reading →
Requesting Money from God
A little boy wanted $100 badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened. Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100. When the postal authorities received the letter to God, they decided to send it to the … Continue reading →
Sly
My teenager was headed to school one morning when I told him that the neck tag on his shirt was hanging out. “I know,” he replied. “It’s a fad me and some of the guys started.” Weeks later, as the … Continue reading →
When You Love Someone
“When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it’s safe inside your mouth.” – Jodi Picoult
Continue reading →The Whole Tapestry of One’s Life
“We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone … and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something.” – Sandra Day O’Connor
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