The Parsonal Computer

Don’t Stop Talking About It

  Some years ago, the comic strip “Small Society” showed a man talking to his wife. He is saying, “Of course you’re my valentine. Of course I still love you. I’ve just stopped talking about it.” I believe that this is a problem in a lot of marriages today. It’s a problem because, when we [...]

Turtles, Posts, and Us

Alex Haley, author of Roots, had a picture in his office of a turtle sitting on top of a fence post. When you see a turtle sitting on a fence post, you know that he didn’t get there by himself; he had to have some help. That’s why Haley kept the picture in his office. [...]

The Deeper Meaning of Poison Ivy

At a children’s church camp, one of the counselors was leading a discussion on the purpose God had for everything He created. They began to find good reasons for clouds and trees and rocks and rivers and animals and just about everything else in nature. Finally, one of the children said, “If God had a [...]

Never Upset a Woman Who Owns a Backhoe

Magnets

In the book, Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor warns his shipmates about a great magnetic rock in the Indian Ocean that is so powerful that it draws all the nails and bolts out of passing ships. The ships literally fall apart and sink. Sinbad tells his shipmates that they were to steer clear of that [...]

Are You Kin To Jesus?

  There was a small boy whose mother took him to Sunday school for the first time. When they got home, his mother asked him, “Who was your teacher?” “I don’t remember her name,” he answered, “but she must have been Jesus’ grandmother because she didn’t talk about anyone else.” Sometimes I wonder, if after [...]