There is less than a week now until Christmas (for gift buying). The Bible uses two different Greek words translated “gift”. Both illustrate different truths. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow…
12/18/09 Grif.Net – Truth about Santa
SANTA CLAUS IS A WOMAN. I hate to be the one to defy sacred myth, but I believe he’s a she. Think about it. Christmas is a big, organized, warm, fuzzy, nurturing social deal, and I have a tough time believing a guy could possibly pull it all off! For…
12/17/09 Grif.Net – Catching Cold
As you know, it is very important for Santa and his reindeer to be very quiet when they deliver presents on Christmas Eve so no one will know they are there. One Christmas Eve, Santa Claus landed on a rooftop and suddenly he heard a very loud, “Snort sniff honk…
12/17/09 Grif.Net – Catching Cold
As you know, it is very important for Santa and his reindeer to be very quiet when they deliver presents on Christmas Eve so no one will know they are there. One Christmas Eve, Santa Claus landed on a rooftop and suddenly he heard a very loud, “Snort sniff honk…
12/16/09 Grif.Net – Christmas Shopping
It was December 16th, just nine days before Christmas, and the judge was in a merry mood as he asked the prisoner, “What are you charged with?” “Doing my Christmas shopping early,” replied the defendant. “That’s no offense,” said the judge. “How early were you doing this shopping?” “Oh, about…
12/15/09 Grif.Net – Cattlemen v Sheepherders
In northern Wyoming there was a huge battle between cattle barons and sheepherders in the Johnson County War. Sheep were shot, fences put up on the vast cattle ranches ripped down. Finally the leading sheepherder Clare D. Lune hired two Chinese immigrants (Lu Chim and Wu Ni) and together they…
12/14/09 Grif.Net – Season’s Riddles
[With 10 grandkids 10-and-under, trust me that I hear some pretty awful jokes and riddles at Christmastime] Q. What happens to Santa if there’s a fire in the fireplace? A. Santa becomes known as Krisp Kringle. Q. What day of the year can we all honestly say our children are…
12/12/09 Weekend Grif.Net – God Lives Under the Bed
GOD LIVES UNDER THE BED by Kelly Adkins I envy Kevin. My brother, Kevin, thinks God lives under his bed. At least that’s what I heard him say one night. He was praying out loud in his dark bedroom, and I stopped to listen, ‘Are you there, God?’ he said.…
12/11/09 Grif.Net – Christmas Bargain
While Christmas shopping at a local toy store, my friend Jim came across a long line of people waiting for a promised shipment of dolls from Mattel. As he scanned the line, he noticed his friend, Bill, waiting with all the others. Knowing that Bill had no daughters or granddaughter,…
12/11/09 Grif.Net – Christmas Bargain
While Christmas shopping at a local toy store, my friend Jim came across a long line of people waiting for a promised shipment of dolls from Mattel. As he scanned the line, he noticed his friend, Bill, waiting with all the others. Knowing that Bill had no daughters or granddaughter,…
12/10/09 Grif.Net – Paying for the Present
Some years back as a good father, I bought my only daughter a special Barbie Doll House. Sadly (for me) it arrived in 189 plastic pieces. The instructions said that it could be put together in about “30 minutes or less”. It took me most of the night and I…
12/09/09 Grif.Net – More Christmas Puns
It was the night before Christmas when Santa Claus’ sleigh team became one member short because of a sudden illness. When an inflatable plastic reindeer was used to fill the void in the team, so no one would take notice the missing animal, Regis (chief elf), asked Santa, “Is that…
12/08/09 Grif.Net – Drawing the Nativity
The Sunday after Christmas, the Sunday School teacher told her students about an angel appearing to Joseph in a dream, warning him about danger to the baby Jesus and telling him how to escape from it. After the story time, the students were given an opportunity to draw a picture…