2006 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud.

We all admire those who are able to make the best of bad situations-to see the good in everything. Even Dennis the Menace has an optimistic streak. In a recent comic he said to his friend Joey, "One good thing about vegetables Joey, they really make the dessert taste good." It is

A little boy attended the baby dedication of his little brother. The older boy proceeded to cry all the way home, in the car. His father asked, "What's wrong son?" The boy said, "The minister made you promise that you would have us raised in a Christian home." &

According to The New Book of Lists, the Cape of Good Hope is not well-named. The Portuguese explorer, Bartholomeu Dias called it the Cape of Storm. That's how rough he judged the waters to be. Historians say that the King of Portugal had the name changed to encourage people to travel th

In The Romance of the Last Crusade, British Major Vivian Gilbert told of his advance toward Jerusalem during World War I. He stopped one night to visit a field hospital. He stayed by the bedside of a dying soldier, barely nineteen. He told their location. They were at Emmaus. Then he told h

There is an old Irish folk song, "The Parting Glass." It is sung at the end of business at a typical Irish pub, but it has a more symbolic meaning. There is a part of the song that goes like this: Since it falls unto my lot, That I should rise and you should not, I'll g

Someone published a book picturing the many shapes of the cross. It has been stylized in a dozen ways. There is a Latin cross, a Greek cross, an Egyptian cross, a Jerusalem cross, a cross of St. Andrew, and an iron cross. Artists and architects have modified its basic form in many ways. I s

Earlier this year, on Capitol Hill, the entire Bible was read aloud. It was the 17th annual Bible Reading Marathon, and was held on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol. It went on for 90 hours straight. Those ... Continue Reading...

News reports recently carried the story concerning Lester Lange of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Lange just celebrated his 108th birthday. He does not take medication. He has most of his original teeth and lives a happy life. When he was asked how to live a long and happy life, Lange said, "Keep

When it comes to learning the unvarnished truths about life, ask a child. The following pearls of wisdom from children have been making rounds on the web: 1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats. 2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair. 3) If