In 218 B.C., a king Hannibal stood atop the lofty alps and looked upon the mighty Roman empire. The kingdom he had come to destroy. Inflamed with hatred, he drove his tattered army down the mountain side. Before his quest for glory could be realized, however, he had to overcome…
A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks, his plastic pail and the shiny red plastic shovel. In the process of creating roads and tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in the…
A family had a hobby of putting together jigsaw puzzles. The father regularly brought home puzzles of greater and greater difficulty. One night, he presented his family with a puzzle of over 1000 pieces. Immediately, they tackled it. After an hour, however, the family was frustrated.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones received this letter from their daughter Julie, a college freshman. Dear mom and Dad, I just thought I'd drop you a note to let you know what's going on with me. I've fallen in love with a guy named Blaze. He's a really neat guy, but…
The following notice was spotted in the lost and found section of the newspaper, Lost Dog $50 reward. Black and tan dog of poodle and German shepherd descent. Flea bitten, left hind leg missing, no hair on rump, blind and recently neutered. Answers to the name of Lucky.
One night, a group of thieves broke into a jewelry store, but rather than stealing anything, they simply switched all the price tags. The next day, no one could tell what was valuable and what was cheap. The expensive jewels had suddenly become cheap, and the costume jewelry, which had…
A young man was appointed to the presidency of a bank at the tender age of 32. The promotion was far beyond his wildest dreams and very frightening to him. So he went to the venerable old chairman of the board to ask for advice on how to become a…
Amazingly, a glove can do all sorts of things. Pick up a book, wave goodbye, scratch my head, pat someone on the back, or slap somebody in the face. So this glove, though, can do nothing. If I take my hand out of it, however, all it does is lie…
Have you ever wondered why geese fly in a V formation? Well, scientists at Caltech did. They put their computers and flight simulators to work and discovered the answer. Flocks of geese formed this pattern because it's the easiest way to fly.
Uniting the Body of Christ
