It was a persistent love. Bess Wallace had known him since they first met at school when she was five. But she wasn’t particularly impressed with the gangly boy with the glasses. After graduation, she left with no regrets.

   The young man felt differently about...

   A wealthy, big-city attorney went duck hunting in rural Arkansas. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer started to climb over the fence, an old, sun-baked gentleman asked him what he was doing....

   All Good Kids Like Milk.

   If you know anything about children, you know that is a lie. Some won’t even drink it with chocolate, as hard as that is to believe.

   But the statement isn’t really about kids and milk. It’s a mnemonic device I learned whil...

   I visited a stump today. It was one of those visits that both the preacher and the visitee hate – one where I felt compelled to point out to my friend that I was worried about him. Not only is he not growing or producing anything, he seems to be crumbling aroun...

   Are your lights on?

   If a light in your downstairs bathroom went out, what would you do? If you change the bulb and it still doesn’t work, what next? That may depend on your level of handyman skills, but at some point, you would probably call an electrician....

   Are your lights on?

   If a light in your downstairs bathroom went out, what would you do? If you change the bulb and it still doesn’t work, what next? That may depend on your level of handyman skills, but at some point, you would probably call an electrici...