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Recently, USA today - one of America's leading daily Newspapers published a great article entitled: SuperGranny: Defender of Justice': An Elderly Florida lady did her shopping, and on returning to her car found 4 males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her…

One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events. He asked what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general. The granddad replied, "Well, let me think a minute ... I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods,…

Speaking of Senior Moments: WHERE IS MY SUNDAY PAPER? The irate customer calling the newspaper office loudly demanded, wanting to know where her Sunday edition was. Ma'am, said the newspaper employee, today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on Sunday. There was quite a long…

If you’re anxious about growing older, I’d like to encourage you to ask the Lord for a specific promise to reassure you during this period of golden tears. In his autobiography, the popular Bible teacher Warren W. Wiersbe describes feeling troubled one drizzly day when he was suffering the pangs of arthritis.…

A stranger came by the other day with an offer that set me to thinking. He wanted to buy the old barn that sits out by the highway. I told him right off he was crazy. He was a city type. You could tell by his clothes, his car, his hands, and the way he talked. He said he was driving by and saw that beautiful…

The world seems to worship youth and is terrified of aging. But there was a time when getting older was associated with wisdom and experience. In fact, some of the greatest accomplishments in history came very late in life. Immanuel Kant wrote one of his best philosophical works at the age of 74. Verdi…

After a few of the usual Sunday evening hymns, the church's pastor once again slowly stood up, walked over to the pulpit, and gave a very brief introduction of his childhood friend. With that, an elderly man stepped up to the pulpit to speak, "A father, his son, and a friend of his son were sailing off…

Speaking of Senior Moments: WHERE Is My SUNDAY Paper? the irate customer calling the newspaper office loudly demanded, wanting to know where her Sunday edition was. Ma'am, said the newspaper employee, today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on Sunday. There was quite a long…

When the Horse is dead, Dismount The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians says when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in professional ministry, because of the relationships and emotional attachments involved, other strategies are often tried with dead…

Enemies, Age In his Sunday sermon, the minister used "Forgive Your Enemies" as his subject. After the sermon, he asked how many were willing to forgive their enemies. About half held up their hands. Not satisfied, he harangued the congregation for another twenty minutes and repeated his question. This…

How To Get Real Action HOW TO CALL THE POLICE WHEN YOU'RE OLD AND DON'T MOVE FAST ANYMORE. George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi , was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to…

1. A day without sunshine is like night. 2. On the other hand, you have different fingers. 3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. 4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 5. Remember, half the people you know are below average. 6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest. 7. Depression…

Bogus billions Psst ... You Got Change for a Billion? LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities investigating a man who smuggled money into the country have seized 250 counterfeit bank notes in billion-dollar denominations, they announced Tuesday. The 250 bogus Federal Reserve notes had 1934 issue dates…

ILLUSTRATION: Grace, Salvation David Jeremiah points out that in the 1980s, the Smith-Barney brokerage firm made a series of commercials in which distinguished actor John Houseman spoke the famous line, "We make money the old-fashioned way. We earn it!" Sometime later, based on that commercial, a Christian…

"Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home." "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." "Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries." "Human beings…