As the revered Mahatma Gandhi stepped aboard a train one day, one of his shoes slipped off and landed on the track. He was unable to retrieve it as the train was moving. Gandhi calmly took off his other shoe to the amazement of his … [Read more...]

Malachi 3:3 says: He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver. This verse puzzled some women in the Townline Bible study, and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women, Clare Saffetz, offered … [Read more...]

By Michael Gartner My father never drove a car. Well, that’s not quite right. I should say I never saw him drive a car. He quit driving in 1927 when he was 25 years old, and the last car he drove was a 1926 Whippet. “In those days,” he told me … [Read more...]

Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 20 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch. Then the long … [Read more...]

The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing and stopped at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman behind him was furious and honked her … [Read more...]

Heidi was a terribly angry woman. No matter where she went, she met and had to deal with, angry people. She could not understand why people were always so mean to her. When she first was told about the Law of Attraction, she was in denial that she … [Read more...]

The story is told of an old man who lived on a farm in the mountains of Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading from his old worn-out Bible. His grandson who wanted to be just like him … [Read more...]