No more early morning = decisions or taking hours to put an outfit together for = work No one would ask you for a = ride One big black belt and you have = all the accessories you will ever need Comfy = footwear All your children would love =…
12/08/15 Grif.Net – Apparently a Parent
[One of my = favorite comic strip creators, Bill Keane, often showed that he knew = what life with children was really like. His strip, The Family Circus, = centered on a couple with four young children. In last = Sunday’s paper were a couple more about parenting and made…
12/07/15 Grif.Net – MORE Q & A for the Kids
Q. What did Adam say to his wife on the day before Christmas? A. It’s Christmas, Eve. Q. Which reindeer was known for his bad manners? A. Rude-olph. Q. Why does Santa have three gardens? A. So he can ho, ho, ho. Q. What do you call people who are…
12/05/15 Weekend Grif.Net – Meditations on a Line from a Christmas Carrol
MILD HE LAYS HIS GLORY BY (by Michelle Hindman) Was it = shaken off simply,like dewfrom a lamb’s fleece?Or laid = by, folded neatlylike linenson a stone? How did God separateHimself from starsto = slum in sinew,leave Power simplylying in its place?Did He = thunder and tear into Time,or…
12/04/15 Grif.Net – Real Name of Jesus’ Father
A = parochial-school teacher related the story of the birth of Christ, = telling part of the narrative each day. On the fourth day she = quizzed the children, "What is baby Jesus’ mother’s = name?" "Mary! = Mary! Mary!" they answered, waving their little hands in the =…
12/03/15 Grif.Net – Q & A for the Family
[Fun questions to ask the entire family about Christmas.] Q. How did Scrooge’s team win the football game? A. The ghost of Christmas passed. Q. What is the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the regular alphabet? A. The Christmas alphabet has no L. Q. What is a parent’s favorite…
12/02/15 Grif-Net – December Prep for Christmas
[Here are some new catch-phrases you may use this Christmas season to share your feelings or thinking with others, Hey, don’t say I never gave you anything . . . ] It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas . . . This holiday season, in lieu of gifts, I’ve…
12/01/15 Grif.Net – Christmas Edition of Monthly Puns
[December brings Christmas-oriented really bad puns because I know you like them] Santa gives Dasher and Dancer extra coffee breaks because they are his star bucks. If you’re struggling to think of what to get someone for Christmas, get them a refrigerator and watch their face light up when they…
11/30/15 Grif.Net – At the Courthouse
[Serving on jury duty today, so felt compelled to = share a little questioning humor from trials.] Q: What is your birthday? A: July fifteenth. Q: What year? A: Every year. ~~ Q: = What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? A: Gucci sweats…
11/28/15 Weekend Grif.Net – Thanksgiving Truth
Some biblical truth for the = Thanksgiving Weekend to keep our minds from wondering about what great = bargain we might have missed on Black Friday and reflect back to giving = praise to God 1st Chronicles 29:10-13 = O Lord God of our father = Israel, You deserve praise…
11/27/15 Grif.Net – November Observations
Kids at church today were talking physical = fitness and I mentioned that I have the body of a 30-year-old. They = said, "Where, Pastor? Buried in your back = yard?" My wife told me I was immature. = I told her to get out of my fort . .…
11/26/15 Thanksgiving Grif.Net – No Envy
[from the book Calm My = Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow] I paced back and forth as = I waited for my Polish sister-in-Christ to arrive. I was nervous = because her family had never had even a small apartment there. I = had visited Eva-With-No-Home in her in-laws’…
11/25/15 Grif.Net – Thanksgiving Blessing
[I= n case you are asked tomorrow to share a blessing at the Thanksgiving = meal, here is a little humor.] May our stuffing be tasty,May = our turkey be plump,May our potatoes and gravyHave nary a = lump.May our yams be deliciousAnd our pies take the = prize,And may…