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I am definitely a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy. Once, = while getting dinner ready, my daughter asked me how I liked my = vegetables prepared.   I answered simply, “Fed to a cow, so they’ll = turn into steak.”   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] = www.grif.net "Jesus =…

Joh= n lived his life by statistics and was afraid to fly. One day his = friend, Bill, asked, "Why do you have this irrational fear of = flying?"   &qu= ot;Irrational?" John replied, "Not at all.  I’ve merely = calculated the odds of a bomb being placed on a…

Many churches have a sign where = they can change messages each week to challenge those just passing = by.  In recent weeks it read . . .   **SIGN BROKEN. COME INSIDE FOR = MESSAGE   **IF YOU CAN’T SLEEP, = DON’T COUNT SHEEP. TALK TO THE SHEPHERD  …

[Another round of trivia about my = adopted home state of Wisconsin where my wife and I will soon be living = after our upcoming retirement]   1. In 1634, what French explorer = left Quebec, traveled the Great Lakes and traversed = Wisconsin?   2. In 1844, Jerome Case…

[Wo= rds from famous authors about the winter months]   &qu= ot;It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind = blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the = shade." – Charles = Dickens   &qu= ot;O, wind,…

Six= th-grader Seth’s father picked him up from school to take him to a = dental appointment. Kno= wing the acting roles for the school play were being posted that day, he = asked Seth if he got a part.   Set= h enthusiastically announced that he’d gotten a part.…

Whe= n her child was to begin school, a wife started to think that she did = not look like them or anyone in either family.  So she decided to = do a DNA test.   The= results came back, showing the child is not actually related to either =…

Q:  What = brand of cigarettes did they smoke in Bible = times? A:  = Camels.  Genesis records “Rebecca lighted off a camel when = she saw Isaac”   Q: Where did = baseball originate? A: It’s = been around since Genesis 1:1 where it starts, “In the big inning…

In 1972 I was = called to pastor in the small town of Wild Rose, Wisconsin.  Since = the town had a loud “noon siren/whistle” every day on a = tower just 200 feet from our building, our church had years previously = voted to have the Sunday worship begin…

How much do = you officially know about Minnesota?  I was born and raised there = and got all 20 correct (I also wrote this quiz so I’d better get = them all right).     1. What = is the official Minnesota State muffin? = _____________________     2.…

The= re’s a story about an old man who lived in the mountains with his young = grandson. Each morning, the grandfather would sit at the kitchen table = and read from his worn-out Bible. Wanting to be just like his = grandfather, the young boy would imitate him by…

[I enjoy an = unusual group of unusual friends who usually post some unusual stuff on = their walls, emails or blogs.]   Tony L warns, = “Don’t tell secrets in the garden.  The potatoes have = eyes, the corn has ears, and the = beanstalk.”   Joe B opines,…

A = woman was cooking eggs in the kitchen when her husband came running in. = Immediately, he saws the eggs and gasped in horror.   &qu= ot;Be careful! CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Aren’t you even = looking? Oh, my goodness!"   The= wife, startled at her husband’s…