Stories

Real Friend Test

REAL FRIEND TEST A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest. A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself (and doesn’t feel even the least bit weird shutting your ‘beer/Pepsi drawer’ with her foot!) A simple friend has never seen you cry. A real friend has shoulders...

It Must Be Settled Tonight

IT MUST BE SETTLED TONIGHT The burly miner blinked as he left the dark interior of the coal mine.  Stopping at a faucet near the mine entrance, he washed the worst of the grime from his face and hands, then headed towards his home on the outskirts of the...

No Excuse Sunday

NO EXCUSE SUNDAY To make it possible for everyone to attend church next Sunday, we are going to have a special “No Excuse Sunday”. Cots will be placed in the foyer for those who say, “Sunday is my only day to sleep in.” There will be a special section...

Heaven & Hell

HEAVEN & HELL A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, “Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like. “ The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man...

Spiritual Housekeeping

SPIRITUAL HOUSEKEEPING I do not know about you but I don’t like cockroaches.  We had them in a house that we bought in Long Island.  I did not know anything about hiring exterminators so I decided to get rid of them myself.  I bought a sprayer and bought some...