From time to time we read stories that prove to us that money doesn't buy happiness. Recently, newspapers carried the story of Mack Metcalf and Virginia Metcalf Merida who won 65.4 million dollars in the lottery. They quit their jobs and bought large homes, but five years later they w

Recently newspapers, radio and TV carried the tragic, but comic, story of a man who was determined to finally get rid of a troublesome mouse. The man threw the stunned mouse on a pile of leaves he was burning. The mouse caught fire and ran back into the house. Lucian Mares watched helplessl

A tragic story was carried by the media about a Shelton, Washington woman who was found smothered under a pile of clutter-clutter of her own making. Sixty-two year old Marie Rose suffered from obsessive-compulsive hoarding. Things were so cluttered that searchers heads touched the ceiling an

A wonderful little piece has been making the rounds on the Internet. Perhaps you have seen it. It is a list of things God will not ask you on the day you meet him: 1. God won't ask what kind of car you drove. He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation. 2. God won

Someone once advised mothers that if they have a lot of tension and get headaches, to do exactly what it says on an aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin," and "Keep away from children." _______________ J. Michael Shannon is professor of preaching at Cincinnati Bible Col

Do you remember the story of the ugly duckling? He didn't walk like a duck, he didn't quack like a duck, and he didn't look like a duck, but he lived among the ducks in the barnyard. Then one fine day, he heard a call from above. He had never heard it before, but in him was an instinct that

A television station in Cincinnati, Ohio reported a strange story about a woman whose family could not bear to say good-bye. Even though Johanna Pope had been dead for three years, it was reported that her family and friends would from time to time come to visit her body. She had been propp

In Stockholm, Sweden, a lady was pinned beneath a streetcar. She was seriously injured and bleeding badly. A crowd collected. They tried to move the streetcar, but it was too heavy. There was nothing to do but wait for the heavy equipment to come. She was in great pain. She was losing blood rap

According to the news, scientists came across an unusual sight in the Florida Everglades. A python that had swallowed an alligator was actually killed as the alligator struggled to escape the python's stomach. No doubt when the python ate the alligator, he thought he was fulfilling some kind

In 1998, Marion Abbot, tongue in cheek, suggested creating more realistic Barbie dolls. Among her suggestions were: 1) Bifocals Barbie. Comes with her own set of blended-lens fashion frames in six wild colors (half-frames too!), neck chain and large-print editions of Vogue and Martha Stewa