Same old lunch?

August 4, 2010 | 3 comments

It’s lunchtime for a construction worker. He sits down on an I-beam with a buddy to eat. After opening his lunchbox and looking inside, he mumbles out loud, “Baloney again. It’s the same every day, a baloney sandwich…baloney, baloney, baloney…”

The Brick

August 3, 2010 | 2 comments

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.

A story with a moral

August 2, 2010 | 3 comments

Sent in by a reader… Several years ago, a preacher from out-of-state accepted a call to a church in Houston, Texas. Some weeks after he arrived, he had an occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown

Are you looking for the blessing

July 30, 2010 | 4 comments

While attending the Humor Conference at Silver Bay last June, I watched one of the speakers put his audience through an interesting exercise to prove there is a lot more good going on around us than we realize. But we

Values held in common

July 29, 2010 | 5 comments

Have you ever wondered what values people around the globe hold in common regardless of what religion they may or may not espouse? Rushworth Kidder, co-founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, says there is a core of shared moral