In the Name... A recent headline in the Cincinnati Enquirer, reported on MSN, read, "Smell of baked bread poses environmental risk."  The...

PENTECOST 11, August 4th, 2024  In the Name... Once upon a time, there was a poor man named Tasuku who made his living cutting blocks of...

In the Name... There’s a story told from Poland, set many years ago.  It seems there was a small country village and into this village...

In the Name… A story is told of an astrologer who correctly predicted the death of a royal favourite.  The astrologer was brought to the...

In the Name… At a class reunion, three friends were comparing personal experiences.  Said the first, “I’m a doctor but my colleagues call...

I was watching an ad on TV and the announcer said that 4 out of 5 people suffer from a particular ailment.  It got me thinking: 4 out of...

In the Name… At a civic function, the main course was baked ham.  When it was served, the Rabbi politely waved it away.  Sitting next to...

The great statesman and lawyer, William Jennings Bryan, had a reputation for his passionate oratory.  Once, as he closed a particularly...

In the Name... "Hobbits are quite respectable folk because not only are most of them rich, but they also never have any adventures or do...

In the Name... One Sunday, a little boy was kneeling with his mother before the service started, and he began laughing. “Johnny,” his...

In the Name... One Sunday, a little boy was kneeling with his mother before the service started, and he began laughing. “Johnny,” his...

In the Name... The story is told of two brothers who were involved in crime, corruption, and every manner of vice. When the older...

In the Name… The story is told of when Henry Ford visited Ireland in the 1920’s and made a $1,000 donation to a new hospital. That was a...

In the Name... There were once two men shipwrecked on a desert island. One of them started screaming and crying, “We're going to die!...

In the Name… A little girl had just heard the story of Jesus turning the water into wine at Cana of Galilee. When her parents asked her...

In the Name... One Halloween, two boys went trick-or-treating and one brought some eggs to throw at houses. On the way, the older said...

In the Name... Many years ago, Sue and I were traveling in Ireland and we stopped late one night to get some fish and chips. The town...

In the Name... Once upon a time there was an elephant who worked in the forests of India moving logs with his trunk. His owner took good...

In the Name... There was once a barber who became a born-again Christian and couldn’t wait to share his new-found faith. So, one Monday,...

In the Name... One Saturday, three men were walking along a beach and stumbled across an old lamp in the sand. They all rubbed it and...