A young priest preached a sermon on the parable of the talents. Remember that famous story Jesus told about the faithless servant who buried his talent in the ground? Well, the priest urged his people to not do what the unfaithful servant did, but rather to place at God’s disposal the gifts and abilities with which God had endowed them. After the service, a man came up to him and said, “Father, I am not a particularly gifted man. I really don’t feel capable of teaching in the Sunday school or canvassing for money or doing any of the [READ MORE]

A fellow from Massachusetts drove off on a vacation to Bangor, Maine. Not being too sure about the directions he was following, this Yankee pulled off the Interstate at the first sign for Bangor. As he braked the car to a stop at the end of the off-ramp, the fellow noticed a directional sign. It had an arrow pointing to the left that read “Bangor, 25 miles.” And – as it seems so often to happen - just below that sign was another sign with an arrow pointing to the right. It also said, “Bangor, 25 miles.” Now being [READ MORE]