A man brought his son to the park. While the son was playing with his battery operated toy boat by the lake, the man sat nearby on the grass reading his papers. From time to time, he glanced away from his papers to check on his son. The cool day was making him sleepy and so he closed his eyes to take a short nap. Before sleep could grip him,...
The Deadly Venal Fall In July of 2011, three young tourists when visiting Yosemite National Park were swept over the 317-foot Vernal Fall. One of the tourists, a young woman, was no doubt drawn by the alluring beauty of the raging waterfall and the fast moving Merced River below after a record winter snowfall. Tragically she slipped on a rock abov...
Why Dogs are BetterThan Kids 45 minutes to get a dog ready to go outside in the winter? -- NOT! Dogs cannot lie. Dogs never resist naptime. You do not need to buy a mobile phone for a dog. Dogs do not pester you about having another kid. Dogs do not careif the peas have been touched by the potatoes. Average cost of sending a dog to school: $...
So I've been kind of consumed with reading about the spiritual disciplines lately. I'm preparing to take our youth group through some of them, but before we do, I'm encouraging my youth sponsors and I to engage in them ourselves. As a result, I've put together an introduction to spiritual disciplines and I wanted to share it with you guys. (Discla...
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âI thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service.â â 1 Timothy 1:12 Gef Smock - Missionary at 70 In 2001, on his 33rd wedding anniversary, Don Smock, a U.S. diplomat passed away. His widow, Gef, was a bit lost as to what to do after Donâs death. "Someone told me t...
I have an American friend whose experience gives us some insight into the doctrine of the grace of God. He had just returned from Vietnam where he had served in the US Army. Upon his release he had sufficient funds to fulfill a long-time desire to own a new Jaguar. Early one morning he was driving in a remotely populated part of Oklahoma whi...
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A fourth-grade teacher was giving her pupils a lesson in logic. "Here is the situation," she said. "A man is standing up in a boat in the middle of a river, fishing. He loses his balance, falls in, and beginssplashing and yelling for help. His wife hears the commotion, knows he can't swim, and runs down to the bank. Why do you t...
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually d...
God's assignments are always within the confine of certain geographical locations at a certain seasons of your life. If you are not excelling in your present location, find out whether that is the place and time that you have been assigned. When you are where you are assigned, you will find the greatest fulfillment in your ministry. Re...
I'm really tired of trying to find a matching set of sheets, so I decided to do something about it. I'm reorganizing the linen closet. This is a set of king size sheets that I folded, using the method from the following link. It actually only filled half the pillow case. It is folded over. Store Sheets and Pillow Cases . Here is a video that does ...
Single mom of five amazing kids who is learning every day to be what God wants me to be. Sharing my faith and what He's teaching me through every trial and moment of joy.
In this blog, I have collected many stories, quotes, jokes and ideas that I use regularly in my sermons.I have tried to put in the sources and origins of these illustrations. If I have missed some or gotten the wrong sources, please let me know. I will update them. Feel free to use these illustrations for the glory of God. If you have some illustrations that you like to contribute, kindly add them to my blog, so that I and others may benefit from them. God bless!
Reverend Albert Kang
