Elaine Steinbeck (1914-2003) visited a Tokyo bookstore to see if they had her husband John’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Grapes of Wrath. The Japanese clerk found a copy but called it The Angry Raisins. Reader’s Digest, June 1990, p.106. The book was written in the 1930s, a time of hardship for many across the United States. Not only…
Paul Williams (b.1940) is an American singer and songwriter. This Academy Award-winning composer has battled through alcohol addiction and gained a marvelous insight from an old-timer he met in recovery over twenty-five years ago. This man asked Williams, “How are you treating the world today, Paulie?” Williams replied, “Don’t you mean, ‘How’s the world treating me?'” The gentleman quickly…
Prayer Seed: Dear Abba, Thank you for the gift of prayer. Please help me to remember to always use prayer as my GPS (guidance, protection, and strength) system daily, throughout the day, to help me stay on the path you want me to take. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
A mother picked up her son from the city swimming pool one afternoon. When she saw that he didn’t have his towel she asked him where it was. He said, “Somebody stole it!” The mother marched right into the office and asked to speak to the pool manager. “What kind of an operation are you…
Two pastors, who liked to fish, invited a third pastor from another denomination to come fishing with them. Out on the lake, the first pastor needed to go to the bathroom. He walked on water to the restroom on shore. A while later the second pastor did the same thing. The third pastor had to…
Prayer Seed: Dear Abba, Thank you for giving me the faith to believe in You so that I can experience Your love and salvation even though I have not seen you face to face. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Just minutes after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon a remarkable event took place. Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon and took communion. He had arranged with his pastor to consecrate the elements of bread and wine and took them with him in the space capsule. He said that he…
There is a humorous story about two men on a bridge. One of them is about the jump. The gist of the story is that they are both Christians, from the same denomination, and the man asking the questions of the jumper gets down to the finer details, such as which subdivision of the subdivision…
Prayer Seed: Dear Abba, Thank you that I am able to dig deep into my faith and hold on tight to You, My Rock and Fortress, during the difficult times. Thank you that as I’m holding on to You, You are holding me tightly and I have the assurance that You won’t let go of me.…
Sixteen-year-old wrestler Marek Bush shot to inter-net fame when a video from a high-school wrestling tournament in New York featuring one of his matches was posted online. The young Mr. Bush gained international attention after forfeiting a wrestling match to an injured opponent. With the match almost over, Bush found himself losing 5-0 to competitor…