Results

Hunger Number of children who don’t get enough food to fully develop mentally and physically: 500,000,000 Number of hunger-related deaths every day: 40,000 - World Bank Amount of money Americans spend annually on pet food: $3,000,000,000 - The Loose Change Newsletter (Nov.-Dec./95) Leadership, Spring…

I gave a beggar from my little store Of well-earned gold. He spent the shining ore And came again, and yet again still cold And hungry as before. I gave a thought and through that thought of mine He found himself a man, supreme, sublime, Bold, clothed and crowned with blessings manifold, And now he begs…

The medieval philosopher Maimonides was one of the wise men of the ages. He once outlined the golden ladder of giving: To give reluctantly, the gift of the hand, but not of the heart. To give cheerfully, but not in proportion to need. To give cheerfully and proportionately, but not until solicited. To…

My daughter brought home a note from Sunday school asking, us to let her contribute an item of canned food to help fill Christmas baskets for the needy. Scanning my pantry shelves, I suggested, “You can take these cans of mustard sardines that none of us liked.” Her face fell. “But that means the poor…

A time-honored story but still powerful tells about a man who dreamed he died and went to hell. In hell he saw not the fire and brimstone he expected. Instead he discovered a great banquet table piled high with food. Around it sat the most miserable looking emaciated people he had ever seen. Close observation…

It’s just wonderful, the generosity of Americans. I know one outfit that’s already collected $3,000,000 – and they don’t even have a disease yet! The Joke Teller’s Handbook, Robert Orben

You help a man who’s in trouble-and that man will never forget you! Never! Especially the next time he’s in trouble! The Joke Teller’s Handbook, Robert Orben, page 114

My Little Vine Once I planted a vine beside a trellis. How carefully I tended the little sprout, watering it and teaching the tendrils to twine about the slats. Warmed by the strong sun, and nourished by the refreshing rain, the vine grew, and little by little climbed halfway up the trellis. Then the…

A man had posted himself in front of an office building with a tray of shoelaces. One executive made it a daily habit to give the unfortunate a dime, but he never took the laces. One day the peddler, on receiving the dime, tapped his departing benefactor on the back: “I don’t like to complain, sir, but…

The gospels record 60 encounters Jesus had with various groups or individuals. Eight were with people of high reputation. (In four of these He was rebuking them for their sin.) Twelve encounters were with average people and 40 were with the hurting, downcast “losers” of His day. They were lepers, sick,…

Before the Cathedral in grandeur rose, At Ingelburg where the Danube goes; Before its forest of silver spires Went airily up to the clouds and fires; Before the oak had ready a beam, While yet the arch was stone and dream – There where the altar was later laid, Conrad the cobbler plied his trade. Doubled…

Paid in Full A physician vacationing in the Cumberland mountains stopped at a cabin for a drink of water. A girl gave him a glass and then said, “Wouldn’t you like to have a glass of cold milk?” The physician drank it, and offered to pay for it. The girl said, “No, we like to share.” Two years later,…

The panhandler approached Uncle Stanley. “Kin ya spare five bucks for a cuppa joe?” he said. “Five dollars!” Stanley was taken aback. “Isn’t that a lot of money for coffee, my good man?” “Well, I’ll tell ya,” said the bum. “It’s me wife’s boithday and I wanna knock off early.” 3,500 Good Jokes for Speakers,…

A church in Georgia just set up a big $25,000 granite fountain on its lawn, circulating water to the tune of 1,000 gallons a minute. Now that ought to be enough to satisfy any Baptist. But what on earth is a church doing taking God Almighty’s money in a time of great need like this and setting up a little…

One casual race track acquaintance asked to borrow ten bucks. Joe took the chance, and at the end of the day received his ten-spot back. The next day, the same character made another request – this time for twenty dollars, and after the seventh race, refunded the loan. On the third day when he asked…

Americans are people who wish we would go back to letting Atlas support the world. - Jack Herbert Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Jacob M. Braude, page 31

A Chicago businessman tells about coming out of his office on a cold, blustery day. The snow and rain and sleet were all mixed up and the wind whipped fiercely about him. He rolled up his collar and ran for his car. But he didn’t reach his car. In the doorway of a store he saw a ten-year-old boy. The…

The Little Red Hen One day as the Little Red Hen was scratching in a field, she found a grain of wheat. “This wheat should be planted,” she said. “Who will plant this grain of wheat?” “Not I,” said the Duck. “Not I,” said the Cat. “Not I,” said the Dog. “Then I will,” said the Little Red Hen. And she…

Chuck Colson has observed that when the Communists took over Russia in 1917, they did not make Christianity illegal. Their constitution, in fact, guaranteed freedom of religion. But they did make it illegal for the church to do any “good works.” No longer could the church fulfill its historic role in…

A St. Louis woman had just completed a Red Cross course and was walking down the street one day when she saw a man lying face down in a flooded gutter. She raced to his aid, turned him over on his back, lifted his neck high, and began giving him mouth-to-mouth respiration. He sat up, pushing her away,…