Prayables

Prayers, Blessings, Inspirational Quotes & more

Humor: Bear Hunter

A man went hunting for bears. As he trudged through the forest looking for bears, he came upon the large, steep hill. He climbed the hill, and just as he pulled himself over the last outcropping of rocks, a huge bear met him nose to nose. The bear … [Read more...]

Humor: Following Timmy

Timmy was a little five-year-old boy who his Mom loved very much, and, being a worrier, she was concerned about him walking to school when he started Kindergarten. She walked him to school the first couple of days, but then he came home one day, and … [Read more...]

Feature: Mahalia Jackson

In the early 1950s, Mahalia Jackson found herself before a sellout crowd in New York City's famed Carnegie Hall. "I stood there," she later recalled, "gazing out at thousands of men and women who had come to hear me – a baby nurse and a washerwoman – … [Read more...]

Humor: Old Dentist

I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his DDS diploma, which showed his full name. Suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name who had been in my high school class … [Read more...]

Humor: Traveler and the Hairdresser

 A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband.  She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded: "Rome? Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to … [Read more...]

True Humor: Super Granny

An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at them at the top of her voice, "I have a gun, … [Read more...]

Poetry: The Gate of the Year

And, I said to the man who stood at the gate: Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown. And he replied. Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known … [Read more...]