Lucy and Snoopy were talking together in Charles Schultz's familiar comic strip "Peanuts". She shouts "There are times when you really bug me! I must admit, however, there are times when I feel like giving you a hug." In a nonchalant manner Snoopy responded, "That's the way I am, Lucy, h

How's this for a great perspective on life when you're 100 years young? Henry Stenhouse, a 100 year old Goldsboro, N.C. eye doctor running for Congress in North Carolina's 3rd District, figures time is on his side. He calls his two opponents in today's Republican primary "capable." But,

No doubt Jean Anoulih was speaking of romantic love in these words: 'Love is, above all, the gift of oneself." But those words are also true of Christian love. No doubt W. Somerset Maugham was speaking of romantic love when he wrote, "The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but

What are the real stages of life? A lot of people can identify with "The Duration of Life" taken from Grimm's fairy tales: God originally determined 30 years as the ideal span of life for all animals, including mankind. The donkey, the dog, and the monkey considered it much too long, how

Dear Abby, I am a widow. After 46 years of marriage, I lost my precious husband, now a further loss of our friends. I wish people would still include me, come see me, even just call me. I have never known such loneliness. If only somebody would call. -Mrs. J.C. Hill  

The pastor of a big city church ran an ad for a caretaker-housekeeper. The next day, a well-dressed young man appeared at the pastor's door. But before he could say more than, "Hello, I came to see about…," the pastor began questioning him. "Can you sweep, make beds, shovel walks,

Dear Ann Landers: "Please come home early." This was the most unreasonable request ever made by my wife of almost 40 years. She didn't make this request often. It came mostly on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, but it seemed that I always had so many things to do that in spite of he

Dwight L. Moody, by his own admission, made a mistake on the eighth of October 1871 - a mistake he determined never to repeat. He had been preaching in the city of Chicago. That particular night drew his largest audience yet. His message was "What will you do then with Jesus who is calle

The incredibly wealthy Malcolm Forbes, Sr. once said, "By the time that we've made it, we've had it." What a dismal view of life and death. Far better is the view of that unknown man who said, "Any day above ground is a good one." And best of all the view point of one who said, "Death is