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November is = National Adoption Month, a time when many American focus and pray for = the plight of the fatherless. Some hearts will be stirred to action, and = will begin the process of fostering or adopting. Others will assist in = prayer and support (financial, emotional, spiritual).  ALL…

After Micah = and his family returned from the cemetery, his mother thought he finally = understood the concept of “Dust thou art, to dust = returnest”, and sent him to play in his = room.   As he was = building a Lego house on the floor, one of…

At a recent = graveside funeral, the pastor tried to explain the phrase “Dust = thou art, to dust returnest” concerning the transient nature of = the human body.  Man has nothing in which to boast, as he is made = from the dust of the earth and returns to…

I was in a = hurry for supper, so took the kids by the drive-thru at Kentucky Fried = Chicken. They wanted the kid’s meal with the drumstick.  So = talking to the little speaker in the lane I asked for a kid’s meal = with a leg.   The…

“I could = have been rich. My grandfather invented the cold air balloon but it = never really took off.”   “Looking = 50 is great only if you’re really = 70.”   “I was playing chess with my friend and he said, = ‘Let’s make this interesting’. So we…

I don’t think = most kids today know what an apron is. The principle use of Mom’s or = Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had = a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and = aprons used…

[Word plays = brighten the first of each month. Sometimes.]   I decided that = I wanted to learn to drive a stick.  Trouble was, = I couldn’t find a manual.   Wanted to buy = a prime home in Hollywood, but didn’t have the money for the reel = estate.…

The Reformation found = its full voice in Martin Luther on October 31st, 502 years = ago.   If he had used Twitter back then, this is what might = have been said . . .   **Nailed = it.   **When did your tweet = ever merit a papal rebuttal?…

“What = does my wife do? Well, that’s difficult to say. See, she sells = seashells on the seashore.” – Milton Jones   "So, I’m = at the Wailing Wall, standing there, like a moron, with my = harpoon." – Emo Philips   "A hotel = minibar allows you to…

[A grif net = reader sent me this 17 years ago.  Still smile over = it.]   Our = five-year-old son Mark couldn’t wait to tell his father about the movie = we had watched on television, "20,000 Leagues Under the = Sea."  The scenes with the submarine and the…

I love the = outdoors, and because of my passion for hunting and fishing, my family = eats a considerable amount of wild game.   So much, in = fact, that one evening as I set a platter of broiled venison steaks on = the dinner table, my ten-year-old daughter…

King Canute = (or Cnut] the First of Denmark (AD 985-1035) was a larger-than-life = figure in Anglo-Saxon history.=A0 He led an army into England after the = death of English King =C6thelred ‘the = Unready’, and failure of his son Edmund Ironside to gain support = of the people.…

[Final day of = lousy jokes about the brave men and women in = blue.]   Police = officer: "I’m here to inform you that your son burned down the = school" Parents: = "Arson?"Police officer: "Yes, your = son"   ** Just had two = Detectives at my front…