The story is told of a little girl who went to visit her great-grandmother. The elderly lady had hair that was white. Her face was covered with wrinkles. As the little girl looked at her, she asked, "Grandma, are you an old lady?" With a twinkle in her eyes, her...
The story is told of two small county judges both got arrested for speeding on the same day. Rather than call the state Supreme Court for a visiting judge, each agreed to hear the other's case.The first judge took the bench while the second stood at the defendant's...
Allow me to share with you one of the most touching moments in sports I've ever heard about. It took place at a women's softball game on April 26, 2008. Central Washington and Western Oregon faced off against each other, with the winner to receive a bid to the NCAA's...
There was a story that appeared years ago in the Christian Reader called "Priceless Scribbles." It was about a father who touched his child's life in an unexpected way. A young boy watched as his father walked into the living room. The boy noticed that his younger...
I heard about a group of Geography students who studied the Seven Wonders of the World. At the end of that section, they students were asked to list what they each considered to be the Seven Wonders of the World. Though there was some disagreement, the following got...
Doug Nichols went to India to be a missionary, but while he was just starting to study the language he became infected with tuberculosis and had to be put in a sanitarium. It was not a very good place to be. It was not very clean and conditions were difficult because...
An angry motorist went back to a garage where he had purchased an expensive battery for his car six months earlier. "Listen," the motorist grumbled to the owner of the garage, "when I bought that battery you said it would be the last battery my car would ever need. It...