Newly= released statistics for 2025 are somber: CHURCHES: **Over 15,000 churches will close in 2= 025; about 4,000 new churches will be started  = ; **46% of Americans believe church is important to them now,= down from average of 70% for last 6 decades = **Over 1,500 pastors left the ministry every= month last year. **Over half…
06/27/25 Grif.Net – More Grandpa Jokes
[Older and bigger gr= oan than simple Dad = Jokes] Poop jokes are not m= y favorite. But they are a solid= #2. Got home and found m= y kids had been on eBay all day. If they’re sti= ll there tomorrow, I’ll have to lower the price. I got…
06/26/25 Grif.Net – Grandpa Jokes with Clever Word-play
This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_1AF7_01DBE678.D798F030 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [Many Dad Jokes have really lame word play or puns, but Grandpa Jokes raise the bar at least an inch higher.] What happens when a strawberry gets run over crossing the street? Traffic jam. What do…
06/25/25 Grif.Net – Commandments (+ Answers to 1900 America Quiz)
Long ago, God came down, went to the Germans, and said,= "I have Commandments that will help you live better lives."= The Germans ask, "What are Commandments?= "And the Lord says, "Rules for living.""Can you= give us an example?"God says, "Thou shalt not kill.""Not kill? We’re not interested." So, God went…
06/24/25 Grif.Net – 1900 USA Quiz
[Imagine it is the summer of 1900 as you take this little qu= iz. All answers are based on the book "When My Grandmother Was a Child= " by Leigh W. Ruttledge, so cannot vouch 100% for accuracy. Life today= is NOT the “norm” in American history. My grandparents were…
06/23/25 Grif.Net – Grandpa Jokes
[Olde= r than normal Dad Jokes. Of course, funnier, too.]  = ; Phone rang and all I heard was coughing and a loud sneeze. I’m getting sick of these cold calls. &nb= sp; Be careful not to break anyone’s heart. A person only ha= s one heart. Break a bone.…
06/21/25 Weekend Grif.Net – Two Beloved Songs
Civil= la Durfee Martin, 1866–1948, was a schoolteacher married to Baptist m= inister Walter Stillman Martin. Walter taught for a time at Atlantic Christ= ian College in Wilson, North Carolina, while also leading revival meetings.= In 1904, the Martins were at the Practical Bible Training School in New Yo= rk,…
06/20/25 Grif.Net – New Title
After= a few month’ in a new town, a local Pastor joined a community Servic= e Club. The club members thought they would have a little fun with hi= m. Under his name badge they printed, "Hog Caller" as his occupat= ion. Everyone had a great laugh as the…
06/19/25 Grif.Net – 55 Year Sentence
[My wife Teresa and I were married on June 19th, = 1970. Many years ago, we enjoyed a two-week cruise through the Panama= Canal, also visiting countries in South and Central America, and the Carib= bean. On that cruise we formed a close friendship (not professionally) with= Attorney Bradley Coates…
06/18/25 Grif.Net – About Marriage
[My f= riend Jim M. wrote me: Dr. Bob: here are some sayings that I got off the wa= lls of a restaurant my wife and I stopped by last week in Windom, MN. Maybe= some of these will be worthy of use in one of your lists. ALL are…
06/17/25 Grif.Net – All About Money
[A fr= iend is doing a presentation on finances, so asked me if I had any old joke= s about money. Old jokes, sure, but not very good jokes.]= A fellow won one million dollars in the Lottery. Interviewer: Congratulations on your win! If you don’t mind me asking=…
06/16/25 Grif.Net – Overheard Yesterday
This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_0658_01DBDE9E.B1A91990 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [I am sure that somewhere in the universe on Father’s Day some lucky dads might have heard one of these] 10. Dad, the grass is looking a little high. Mind if I cut it? 9. No…
06/14/25 Weekend Grif.Net – Convincing the Skeptics
After a few of the usual Sunday evening hymns, the church’s = pastor walked to the pulpit, and gave a very brief introduction of his chil= dhood friend. With that, an elderly man stepped up to the pulpit to s= peak, "A father, his son, and a friend of his…