ThePreachersWord | Writing delightful words of Truth

A Sunday school teacher was teaching her kindergarten children about the Golden Rule and the importance of helping others. After telling the parable of the Good Samaritan, the teacher said, “Remember, children we are here to serve others.”
With that a little girl piped up and asked, “Then what are the others here for?”...

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Melody Hammer Biddle shared this story on Edwin Crozier’s facebook page credited to Mark Twain.
I’ve never heard this story before, but apparently it has been repeated in multiple books.
A man died and met Saint Peter at the gates of heaven. Knowing that Peter was very wise, he asked a question that he had wondered about his whole life....

Nancy Kennedy is a writer for our local newspaper the Citrus County Chronicle. In a her weekly column “Grace Notes,” she recently recounted the story of lady who each year had a personal theme to live by.
One year was “The Year of Overcoming.” Another was “The Year of Trusting.” Nancy relates the theme which caught her eye was the one “Your God is too Small.”...