There is an old story about how the University of Chicago received a million-dollar grant from the heiress of a major department store. She had been a student at Northwest. So, administrators of Northwest went to visit her and asked why she had not made such a gift to her alma mater. Her answer was simple, "The people at the University of Chicago asked. You did not."

Herb Miller used to tell a story about a man whose daughter was applying to an Ivy League school. In a questionnaire sent by the school, he was asked if his daughter was a leader. He answered honestly, "I'm not sure about that, but she is an excellent follower." The man received a letter back from the president of the college that said, "Our freshman class next fall is expected to contain several hundred leaders. We congratulate ourselves on the acceptance of your daughter as a member of the class. We shall thus be assured of having one good follower in the group."

Two writers who were bitter rivals were both attending the same party. One had recently had a book published, and the other commented to him, "I read your new book, and liked it. Who wrote it for you?" The other replied, "I'm glad you liked the book-who read it to you?"

AGE There is a birthday card making the rounds that says, "You know what they say about age - it's all in your mind." Inside the card it adds, "and your legs, your arms, your neck, your arches, your back, your shoulders, etc." Well, the body may grow old, but the mind and the spirit can be ever young.

John Wade used to tell the story of a man who lost his sense of being close to God. He made a pilgrimage to Mt Sinai and stood on the mountainside, while asking God to send him a sign. He was waiting for something spectacular like lightning, smoke or a mighty voice. He waited for hours on his knees and nothing happened.

In a recent Middleton's comic strip, Mr. and Mrs. Middleton are taking a walk. Mrs. Middleton says, "There's no two ways about it. TV is nothing but violence and sleaze."

In 1945 General Douglas MacArthur asked for ten thousand missionaries to carry the Gospel to the Orient. What an opportunity. Yet we refused to accept the challenge. Why? Simply because money was our idol and we refused to tithe our income.

Carol Burnett tells a story about a time when she was a college actor and a man came up after a performance and asked what she wanted to do with her life. She said that she wanted to go to New York and be in musical theater.

County music star Josh Turner tells a story of how he came to meet Johnny Cash. He told USA Weekend that he had been reading about Cash's illness and wanted to meet him and encourage him. He found out where Cash lived and went to drop in and hoped he would not be seen as a stalker.

The Ripley's Believe It Or Not column tells of a woman in England who received a heart transplant in June of 2007. She decided to go and visit her old heart when it was placed on display in London.