Month: September 2000

Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate.  It seems prayer still upsets some people.  When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:“Heavenly Father, we come before…

This is an actual letter sent to a Bank in the US. The Bank thought it amusing enough to publish it in their newsletter.Dear Sir:I am writing to thank you for bouncing the check with which I tried to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations some three nanoseconds must have elapsed between his…

I’ve learned… that when you’re in love, it shows.I’ve learned… that just one person saying to me, “You’ve made my day!” makes my day.I’ve learned… that having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.I’ve learned… that being kind is more important than being right.I’ve learned……

Idiots in Service:This week, all our office phones went dead and I had to contact the telephone repair people. They promised to be out between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. When I asked if they could give me a smaller time window, the pleasant gentleman asked, "Would you like us to call you before we…

Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail, and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath.This made him . . . what?A super callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.via eMail,…

There once was a man named George Thomas, a pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Several eyebrows were raised, and as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak."I was walking through…

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE: "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside – I just finished cleaning!"My mother taught me RELIGION: "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL: "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you…