Two Senior Citizens were out for their usual morning walk. They passed a funeral home. One said, "Let's just go in and give ourselves up." There's nothing like a bit of humor to counter the pessimism that sometimes comes with age. And it doesn't take much observation to see that the people who don't give up and don't give...

People in other nations who print signs in English often make interesting, and sometimes humorous mistakes. A sign in a Paris hotel read, "Please leave your values at the front desk." Many a traveler far from home and its restraints has done exactly that. Real values cannot be laid aside that...

It sounds like a made-up story, but it is true. Some years ago a church in Carter County, Tennessee had an attorney draw up a deed for their property. He wrote the deed naming The Lord God Almighty as the owner. That was fine until some years later the church wanted to sell the property and relocate. They went back to the...

The December 16, 1997 issue of the tabloid The Sun carried this headline on the front page: New Messiah to Be Born in Holy Land. Inside the story says that on the eve of Christmas and Hanukkah a strange meteor would appear over Bethlehem. (The two festivals coincided in 1997, an event that occurs about once every ten...

James Oglethorpe founded the city of Savannah, Georgia. He had already decided how to lay out the city before he even knew exactly where he would build it. He took a Roman encampment as his plan -- a grid. All the streets were to meet at right angles with squares at regular intervals. There are 21 of them in the historic...

The city of Los Angeles stands at the top of the list of America's largest cities, but at the bottom in giving to charitable causes. In fact, among the 50 largest cities, Los Angeles is number 48 in giving to charities. There may be many reasons for this, but lack of resources is not one of them. Surely the materialistic attitude and...

Fielding's travel guidebooks are well known, but one is very unusual. It's a guide to The World's Most Dangerous Places. Reviewers recommend that you read it at home for an armchair adventure, but it is also practical for those who want adventure travel. It includes places like Colombia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Algeria...

They have found a previously undiscovered royal tomb in Egypt. It is from the era of the famed King Tut. The inscription says that the tomb was created for The Woman Who Nourished the Body of God. Since Egyptian kings regarded themselves as deities, it is likely that his was a wet nurse who fed the baby king. But the...

Some people in Japan find value in many religions and do not adhere strictly to one. So people will wear a cross as jewelry, have a Shinto wedding and a Buddhist funeral. It appears that they are taking no chances: that they are "covering their bets" so to speak. The God of the Bible, on the other hand...