A teacher = shared, “One of my first grader’s lost his mom a year ago, = about the same time I lost mine.  He made a special handwritten = card for me saying that both of us had loving mothers who are angels = together now.   Through tears, =…

While I was at = a church in Mississippi, the pastor announced that their prison quartet = would be singing the following evening. I wasn’t aware there was a = prison in the vicinity, and I looked forward to hearing = them.   The next = evening, I was puzzled…

The= re comes a time – many times, actually – in the lives of our children = where we have to “put the basket in the water”. We have to = let go and trust the plan of the Father. The world is a scary place – a = place…

After a = prosecutor was demoted when the court found out he was trying to make = ends meet by delivering pizzas late night, ‘The Week’ asked = its readers to title a TV show based on this = scenario.   *Law & = Order in   *A Few Good…

[More fun with = pun . . . and using the 9th letter “i” adverbs = this 9th month]   "As soon = as the rain stops, we’ll break camp," said Tom = intently.   "Cryogenic= s is fake science!" Tom said icily.   "I = don’t really hate the…

I was on = campus for an alumni dinner and watched hundreds of students being = dropped off at registration and dorm lots filled up.  It reminded = me of when my kids left for university.  That was nearly 30 = years ago.  I realized today that I’m no longer…

With school = starting, it seems appropriate to have a POP QUIZ for the old folks at = home, too. Have fun matching old board games with their modern, still = popular game you may have on a closet shelf   1 LUDO =3D = 2 MANSION OF = HAPPINESS…

Tim M = admitted, “A genie granted me one wish, so I said, ‘I just = want to be happy’.  Now I’m living in a cottage with 6 = other dwarves and working in a mine.”   Deidre F = shared, “Teenaged boy in front of me bought a Valentine’s…

[Every couple = of years I repeat this Grif.Net blog. Why? Not sure if any of my readers = need it, but I know that I really need to be reminded again and = again.]   Many times, = God will allow a painful situation or a painful circumstance in…

6-year-old: = “I’ve finished dinner.  What’s for = dessert?”Me: “We don’t always have to have = dessert.”6-year-old: “Then why have dinner at = all?” ~~6-year-old saying nothing, just staring up at = my faceMe: “What is it, sweetie?”6-year-old: = “Is my nose weird, too?” ~~6-year-old walking = thru cemetery looking…

When our grandkids came from Illinois to Wyoming, we tried = to show them around and teach the little ones about life on the = range.   On one trip to a ranch, we saw a mare nursing her = foal.  My granddaughter, aged 4, asked me what the horse…

A recent = Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a US driver’s = license.  They started with the mandatory eye test. The = clerk showed him the screen with the letters C Z W I X N O S T A C Z in = 20/20 size…

Many years = ago, I was interviewed for a position as Dean of a small college in = suburban Dallas.  I had been a full-time pastor about 15 years, = with two churches that had Christian Schools, and now wanted to expand = my ministry “beyond traditional Sundays”.  Here are…