A fellow told = me the story that when his wife quit work to take care of their new baby = daughter, countless hours of peekaboo and other games slowly took their = toll on her. One evening she smacked her bare toes on the corner = of a dresser…
02/06/19 Grif.Net – Quiet in Church
Last Sunday I = noticed a mother of a 6-year old boy trying everything to get him to sit = still and be quiet while I was preaching. Then all of a sudden, = the boy quit fidgeting and was good for the rest of the = sermon. Later…
02/05/19 Grif.Net – Celebrate Chinese New Year
It’s the = year of the pig, so I’m wiping the bacon grease off my fingers as = I type some ways YOU can learn basic Chinese phrases to wow friends and = neighbors. The ENGLISH phrase will be followed by CHINESE = phrase. Best to read aloud to learn…
02/04/19 Grif.Net – Called to Preach
I am a proud old dad who has both sons in full-time = ministry. I recall when one accepted that calling from God. = After a Sunday morning church service, my son suddenly announced = to us, "Mom, Dad – I’ve decided to become a minister when I grow =…
02/02/19 Weekend Grif.Net – My Baby
A mother held = her new baby that first night in the hospital, and very slowly rocked = him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she held = him, she sang: “I’ll = love you forever, I’ll love you for always,As long as I’m living…
02/01/19 Grif.Net – Monthly Offering
[On the first = weekday of each month we share word-play and puns of the = finest-kind] After his gig = on Star Wars, Darth drove a city cab. Then the IRS charged him with = being a Taxi Vader. My friend Tina was killed in a freak…
01/31/19 Grif.Net – Hearing Issues
A man went to = his doctor and said, “Doctor, I have a very serious problem. I = only hear half of everything.” "That = can’t be," answers the doctor. “Either you can hear = everything or you hear nothing.” Then he added, = “Tell you what, I’ll…
01/30/19 Grif.Net – Secrets of a Long Marriage
[Great = comedians have compiled humor about husband/wife and marriage. Feel free = to borrow one from their list for your status = update] My wife and I = have the secret to making our marriage last: Two times a week, we go to = a nice restaurant for…
01/29/19 Grif.Net – Long Sermons
[Here are the = Top Ten Signs you’re in for a long sermon] 10. = There’s a case of bottled water beside the pulpit in a = cooler. 9. The = pews have camper hookups. 8. You = overhear the pastor telling the soundman to have a…
01/28/19 Grif.Net – Notes on your Windshield
“Sorry I = followed your minivan so closely for 30 miles, but I was watching your = kid’s movie and wanted to see how it = ended.” “Hi. My = name is Jack and I just accidentally hit your car as I was parking. = People saw me, so…
01/26/19 Weekend Grif.Net – Glass of Milk
One day, a = poor boy who was selling books from door-to-door to pay his way through = school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He = decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his = nerve…
01/25/19 Grif.Net – Wild West Dream
I= had a dream the other night. I was in the Old West riding in a = stagecoach. Suddenly, a man riding a horse pulled up to the left = side of the stagecoach, and a rider-less horse pulled up on the = right. The man leaned down, pulled open…
01/24/19 Grif.Net – Big Dinner
O= ne evening in New York City, a group of United Nation’s employees = decided to go to a fine restaurant.=A0 This included an Englishman, a = Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman, a Latvian, a Turk, a German, an = Indian, several Americans (including an Hawaiian and an Alaskan), an…