Category Archives: Anecdotal Stories

If We Listen Scripture References: 2 Samuel 17:23; Acts 1:18-19 He received a B.S. degree from Penn State at age twenty and earned his M.D. at age twenty-five. He became one of the nation’s youngest psychiatrists and at thirty-four taught … Continue reading →

Listening Scripture References: Jeremiah 7:21-26; Matthew 7:26-27 Lucy, of the Peanuts comic strip, tells Charlie Brown that she has to read a book but doesn’t want to. Would he please read it to her? “Read it yourself,” he says. She … Continue reading →

For a Dollar More Scripture References: 1 Samuel 11:1; James 3:5 Heinrich Friedrich Albert came to New York in 1915 ostensibly as a financial advisor to the German ambassador, Count Johanann von Bernstorff. His real purpose, however, as a spy … Continue reading →

The Way People Choose Scripture References: Psalm 16:11; Ephesians 2:10 Michelangelo and Raphael had totally different perspectives on lifestyle. Michelangelo lived alone, with only a servant; Raphael traveled with a retinue. “You go about with a suite, like a general,” … Continue reading →

Asking Too Little Scripture References: Numbers 24:6-9; Galatians 5:1 Trusted with one of the most prestigious positions in the United States military, the sergeant served in counter-intelligence, infiltrating the Soviet Union’s KGB spy network. He personally handled several double-agents, who … Continue reading →

Let’s See . . . Was It . . . Scripture References: Judges 10:17, 11:13-27; John 8:40 When William the Conqueror came ashore at Pevensey in England, he slipped and fell forward to the ground. A bad omen, his men … Continue reading →

Quick to Take Offense Scripture References: Leviticus 18:4-5; 1 Timothy 1:9-10 British Loyalists bristled at the clamorous American appeal to law and the rights of free men. However, with more law commentaries ordered from England than any book but the … Continue reading →

The Saving Grace Scripture References: Job 8:21; John 20:20 When he and his companions talked about the prison sentences they had received, they found themselves laughing hilariously, Solzhenitsyn wrote. It cleansed them. It was the salvation of their bodies. Laughter … Continue reading →

The Worth of a Kudo Scripture References: Judges 6:12, 14; Luke 7:48, 50 Abba Eban, the Israeli statesman, impacts the twentieth century as one of its most eloquent speakers. From his earliest days he developed a skill generally lost to … Continue reading →

Limitations of Knowledge Scripture References: Genesis 11:1-4; Acts 17:21 We know that the remarkable Inca culture began about 850 B.C. We also know they abandoned their cities 2,300 years later—but not why. We know they split granite blocks, hauled them … Continue reading →

An Uncontrolled Vice Scripture References: Hosea 8:2-3; Mark 1:15; Luke 12 A pretty young woman worked as a security guard for a major retailer in an upscale shopping mall. When police searched her home and garage, they found items worth … Continue reading →

A Deathless Kingdom Scripture References: Isaiah 62:2; Matthew 16:18 Before falling into disuse and disrepair, the church along route 22, constructed in 1794, had hosted up to five hundred worshipers each Sunday. When citizens of the community learned that a … Continue reading →

A Fertile Race Scripture References: Genesis 9:1, 7; Mark 6:3 No one can doubt our proclivity to procreation. On his world cruise, Magellan’s men found one Spice Islands sultan who had fathered 526 children. Another had sired 660. These figures … Continue reading →