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  • Make Sure Your Ax Is Sharpen

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Feb 15, 2023
     | 403 views

    When we were young we did not have central heating and air. As a matter of fact I do not remember us having a window unit. What we had was a fireplace in the winter time and a screen door in the summer. I remember that old fire place. If it was real cold we would put a blanket over the door ...read more

  • Your Mother Is A Real Diva

    Contributed by Wayne Solomon on May 7, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 949 views

    Your mother is a real Diva. In the kitchen she is no Betty Crocker or Aunt Jemima But she is your mother And she’s a real Diva. Just remember Rachel Ray still can't make chitlins. And Emeril can't make collard greens. But your mother can, she's a real Diva. She can take you to the ...read more

  • ¿como Llegaste A Tu Desierto?

    Contributed by Ruthie Velazquez-Paredes on Sep 21, 2020
     | 1,772 views

    Una de las cosas que motivó a escribir “¿Cómo Llegaste a tu Desierto?” es para exaltar lo que Dios ha hecho en mi vida y en la vida de otros al enfrentar momentos difíciles. ¿Cómo llegaste a tu desierto? En cierta ocasión quise sembrar un jardín de rosas al ...read more

  • Telemarketers

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Aug 27, 2017
     | 4,058 views

    IRS Spam Call - I wanted to share an experience that I just had on the phone. I got that dreaded spam call from the IRS. I knew it was false but I felt like I wanted to talk to a person about it. So I called the number. A young lady answered. She gave me a name and told me I owed $4800 on my IRS ...read more

  • What Are You Holding Onto?

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Mar 18, 2016
     | 4,861 views

    Props: trophies, on large nice trophy for the main story. These are some nice trophies. This one was earned by my daughter through playing softball. She was so proud as they called her name up to receive this trophy. This is from a contest that one of them had worked hard for. This large ...read more

  • To Be God's Instrument

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Apr 1, 2013
     | 4,314 views

    TO BE GOD'S INSTRUMENT Ah to be your instrument O God, like Paul to the Gentiles, like Philipp to the eunuch, like Jesus to the world, to be your instrument. To be like a scalpel in the gentle hands of a surgeon, healing and mending. To be like the plow in the weathered hands of the farmer, sowing ...read more

  • One More Round

    Contributed by Jerry Thorpe on Mar 7, 2013
     | 2,659 views

    Boxing Champion James J. Corbett, when asked, "What's the most important thing for a person to do to become the champion of ...read more

  • Edison On Failure

    Contributed by Jerry Thorpe on Mar 7, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,389 views

    EDISON ON FAILURE Thomas Edison was asked by a laboratory worker how he could go on after thousands of failures. Thomas Edison’s reply was. "Failures? I haven’t failed. I have found thousands of combinations that will not ...read more

  • The Boat Is On Fire

    Contributed by Jerry Thorpe on Mar 7, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,529 views

    THE BOAT IS ON FIRE Robert E. Lee pleasure boat. Steamed out of Vicksburg. Hundreds of people were aboard. After midnight the boat caught fire. The captain discovered it and told his first mate to rush down through the saloon and down every corridor to wake everyone up. He didn't have time to ...read more

  • Water! Water!  PRO

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Oct 4, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,387 views

    "WATER! WATER!" After one of the great battles in the Civil War we were coming down the Tennessee River with a company of wounded men. It was in the spring of the year, and the water was not clear. You know that the cry of a wounded man is, "Water! Water!" especially in a hot country. I remember ...read more

  • Stress Is An Ignorant State. It Believes That ...

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 28, 2011
     | 2,675 views

    Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. ...read more

  • Better And Wiser Judge

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Sep 22, 2011
     | 2,718 views

    BETTER AND WISER JUDGE Supreme Court Justice Horace Gray once informed a man who had appeared before him in a lower court and had escaped conviction on a technicality: "I know that you are guilty and you know it, and I wish you to remember that one day you will stand before a better and wiser ...read more

  • When Everything Crumbles

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 22, 2011
     | 2,602 views

    WHEN EVERYTHING CRUMBLES September 11th is one of those moments frozen in time. It is one of those moments that everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news. When the first plane struck the tower at 8:45am, it was a moment that would reshape the fabric of ...read more

  • He Will Demand Everything

    Contributed by Kristian Kilgore on Jul 25, 2011
     | 3,617 views

    HE WILL DEMAND EVERYTHING Breezy, self-confident Christians tell us how wonderful it is to accept Christ and then have a good time all the rest of your life; the Lord won’t demand anything of you. Yes, He will, my friend! The Lord will demand everything of you. And when you give it ...read more

  • God Tugging On The Line

    Contributed by Pastor Glen Key on Mar 1, 2011
     | 2,378 views

    GOD TUGGING ON THE LINE I read about a 12 year old boy who became a Christian at a revival service. The next week, his friends questioned him about the experience. One friend asked him, "Did you see a vision?" The boy said, "No." Another friend asked, "Did you hear God speak?" The boy said, "No." ...read more

  • God's Supply

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Jul 25, 2010
     | 4,851 views

    GOD'S SUPPLY Missionary statesman Hudson Taylor had complete trust in God's faithfulness. In his journal he wrote: "Our heavenly Father is a very experienced One. He knows very well that His children wake up with a good appetite every morning... He sustained 3 million Israelites in the wilderness ...read more

  • Grace And The Waterfall

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jul 13, 2010
     | 3,796 views

    GRACE AND THE WATERFALL Last week I went for a walk and I saw a beautiful rock under a small waterfall, it was continually cleansed. My friend found a rock, but his rock wasn't found under a waterfall, and it's not as pretty and as smooth. Grace is ...read more

  • Everyone Has The Right To Be Dumb, But Some ...

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Jun 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,924 views

    Everyone has the right to be dumb, but some people abuse the ...read more

  • Life Is Hard  PRO

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Jun 20, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,231 views

    Life is hard; it's harder if you're ...read more

  • Edison: Complete Forgiveness

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 25, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,229 views

    EDISON: COMPLETE FORGIVENESS When Thomas Edison and his staff were developing the incandescent light bulb, according to Ken Sande, it took hundreds of hours to manufacture a single bulb. One day, after finishing a bulb, notes Sande, Edison handed it to a young errand boy and asked him to take it ...read more