STORY: Thumping Watermelons, by Dominic Grassi
From Bumping Into God Work was almost sacred to my dad. For him it was a sign of both responsibility and manhood. It was also the primary way to show others you loved them. It is no wonder, then,...
View ArticleHOPE: The Singing Place, by Gene Logsdon
From The Plain Reader Riley and Sooz had helped weed the garden rows with more alacrity than usual, because Grandmaw had promised to take them to the Singing Place along the creek if there were time...
View ArticleSTORY: The Story of Jonah, by Leonard Michaels
From Congregation: Contemporary Writers Read the Jewish Bible (I studied under Leonard Michaels at the University of California (Berkeley). He was the kind of professor that made even a particularly...
View ArticleSATURDAY READING: The First Christmas Tree, by Eugene Field
From A Little Book of Profitable Tales Once upon a time the forest was in a great commotion. Early in the evening the wise old cedars had shaken their heads ominously and predicted strange things. They...
View ArticleEASTER STORY: The White Lily, by Jane Tyson Clement
Once long ago, near a village far away, there lived an old peasant known as Ivan. He had a little hut, a small garden, a dog named Rubles, and a six-year-old nephew, Peter, who was an orphan. Ivan...
View ArticleEASTER STORY: How Donkeys Got The Spirit Of Contradiction, by André Trocmé
From: Angels and Donkeys A Story About Saving Children, and the Courage It Takes to Go Against Social Conventions and Expectations Until the birth of Jesus, donkeys were like anyone else; that is, just...
View ArticleEASTER STORY: The Church Of The Washing Of The Feet, by Alan Paton
From Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful The Reverend Isaiah Buti, pastor of the Holy Chuch of Zion in Bochabela, entered the room of the acting chief justice, if not with awe, then certainly with...
View ArticleFRIENDSHIP: The Enchanted Bluff by Willa Sibert Cather
We had our swim before sundown, and while we were cooking our supper the oblique rays of light made a dazzling glare on the white sand about us. The translucent red ball itself sank behind the brown...
View ArticleEASTER STORY: Robin Redbreast, by Selma Lagerlöf
From Christ Legends It happened at the time when our Lord created the world, when he made not only Heaven and Earth, but all the animals and the plants as well, and at the same time gave them their...
View ArticleEASTER STORY: Easter Under A Park Bench, by Kirk Wareham
From: Easter Stories Looks like I’m always getting into trouble for something. Seems like maybe I get into more trouble than all the rest of the boys in Bigelow put together. Funny thing is, I try so...
View ArticleEASTER STORY: The Death Of The Lizard, by C. S. Lewis
From: The Great Divorce: A Dream I saw coming towards us a Ghost who carried something on his shoulder. Like all Ghosts, he was unsubstantial, but they differed from one another as smokes differ....
View ArticleHONESTY: The Piece Of String by Guy de Maupassant
It was market day, and from all the country round Goderville the peasants and their wives were coming toward the town. The men walked slowly, throwing the whole body forward at every step of their...
View ArticleSELF-DISCIPLINE: How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy
I An elder sister came to visit her younger sister in the country. The elder was married to a tradesman in town, the younger to a peasant in the village. As the sisters sat over their tea talking, the...
View ArticleWISDOM STORY: Bernard and Francis by Nathalie Leone
From: Christian Stories of Wisdom Francis had just withdrawn from the world and had embraced complete poverty. But the people of Assisi, his friends, his parents, and his acquaintances of long standing...
View ArticleWISDOM STORY: A Conscientious Monk by Nathalie Leone
From: Christian Stories of Wisdom A monk, having at a very young age entered the monastery where he spent twenty years, had misgivings as to his progress. He decided to visit Father Joseph, who...
View ArticleWISDOM STORY: The Desert And The Locust by Nathalie Leone
From: Christian Stories of Wisdom A young monk who had just reached the desert decided to consult an elder. “Father, I have been living here for one year and locusts have come six or seven times...
View ArticleWISDOM STORY: The Louse by Nathalie Leone
From: Christian Stories of Wisdom In a monastery in the Loire region, there lived twelve monks under the lax law of their father abbot. Lulled by the rhythm of the seasons, working in the fields,...
View ArticleWISDOM STORY: Prayers Heard! by Nathalie Leone
From: Christian Stories of Wisdom Two men in conversation were seated on the edge of a pubic fountain whose fine jet of water splashed them gently. The first man said: “When I need a favor, either for...
View ArticleWISDOM STORY: Providence by Nathalie Leone
From: Christian Stories of Wisdom A priest had shut himself in his cell to write a sermon on divine providence. Suddenly he heard an explosion. The dam that protected the small town had just given way...
View ArticleWISDOM STORY: The Knight And The Keg by Nathalie Leone
From: Christian Stories of Wisdom The knight was as comely as an angel. Even if he rode all day, on his return he was fresh and the folds in his clothing were as unruffled as they had been before he...
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