While walking along a road, I saw an old man planting a carob tree. I asked him how long it would take for the tree to bear fruit. The old man told me it would bear fruit in seventy years. “Are you so healthy a man that you expect to live … [Read more...]
Parable: Belief in Miracles
The little boy asks his father, "Dad, does our religion believe in miracles?" His father replied, "Son, we don’t just believe in miracles. We rely on miracles. But we always take action first." … [Read more...]
Parable: New Life
A fellow is driving in his car, and he says to God, "I really don't like my life. My life is terrible I want a new life." God says, Okay, I'll sell you a new life. What do you have that can pay for your new life? "Well, I only have twenty … [Read more...]
Parable: The Pencil
The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside just before putting it into the box and said, There are five things you need to know before I send you out into the world, always remember them and never forget them, and you will become the best pencil you … [Read more...]
Parable: Sand and Stone
They tell a story about two friends who were walking through the desert. At some point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the … [Read more...]
Story: Mayor’s Choice
Joseph was the wealthiest man in the town of Cheyenne, and he was a loner. He had no family, he had no friends. Though he lived in the biggest house, and his fortune was well known, whenever anyone asked him to support a local cause or to give to … [Read more...]
Parable: 5 Minutes
The religious scholar's daily schedule, which did not change in over forty years, was formidable. Besides reading and answering hundreds of letters a day, reviewing and editing publications, fulfilling appointments well into the evening, and … [Read more...]
Parable: Minute Microcosm
A concerned father was worried that his son was wasting his youth. He took him for a walk. It was a bright, windless day, and they came upon a lake. “Look how the entire landscape—the sky, the sun, and the mountains—is reflected in the water,” he … [Read more...]
Parable: Minute in the Middle
When her employer approached her, she had taken a break from her work and was reading from the book of Psalms. “Why are you reading suddenly in the middle of work?” he asked. “If it doesn’t bother anyone that in the middle of praying I can … [Read more...]
Parable: That’s Faith
There was a drought in the village. The pastor called a prayer meeting for the townspeople to come together to pray for rain. Only one person showed up with an umbrella. That's faith. … [Read more...]
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