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  • Father's Day: A Tribute Today Is Father's Day. A ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Raulerson on Oct 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,598 views

    FATHER’S DAY: A TRIBUTE Today is Father’s Day. A day of cologne. A day of hugs, new neckties, long-distance phone calls, and Hallmark cards. Today is my first Father’s Day without a father. For thirty-one years I had one. I had one of the best. But now he’s gone. He’s buried under an oak tree in a ...read more

  • Today, Is Father's Day "Happy Father's Day!" I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 12,295 views

    Today, is Father’s Day “Happy Father’s Day!” I thought I’d start out today by sharing a few precious dad moments.. Moments that would only happen to a dad and only a dad would appreciate… PRECIOUS DAD MOMENT #1 One night a wife found her husband standing over their newborn baby’s crib. ...read more

  • Father's Day Calls

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 21, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,153 views

    FATHER'S DAY CALLS THE ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY reported that the volume of long-distance calls made on Father’s Day is growing faster than the number on Mother’s Day. The company apologized for the delay in compiling the statistics, but explained that ...read more

  • Father's Day Vs. Mother's Day  PRO

    Contributed by John Fallahee on Jun 23, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,719 views

    FATHER'S DAY VS. MOTHER'S DAY One little boy's definition of Father's Day went like this: "Well, it's just like Mother's Day, only you don't spend so much." Well, we fathers can concede that. Someone said, "A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be." And the phone ...read more

  • The National Center For Fathering Conducts Father ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,265 views

    The National Center for Fathering conducts Father of the Year Essay Contests in partnership with local schools and sponsoring organizations. In 2005, eight contests were held and altogether, over 100,000 school children submitted essays on the topic, "What My Father Means to Me." Below is a ...read more

  • American Fathers  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Odle on May 30, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 4,162 views

    AMERICAN FATHERS "Having children is the most beautifully irrational act that two people can commit. "A father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he’s in there, as if he needed company. Whether the father is trying to shave or nap or work, ...read more

  • A Winning Father

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 1, 2011
     | 5,657 views

    A WINNING FATHER One of the most powerful stories in the history of the Olympic Games involved a canoeing specialist named Bill Havens. He was a shoe-in, I'm told, to win a gold medal in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. But a few months before the Games were held, he learned that his wife ...read more

  • A Father's Legacy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,092 views

    A FATHER’S LEGACY Ken Hemphill tells the story of what took place at his church when he was pastor of FBC of Norfolk. He was out on the sidewalk welcoming people as they got out of their cars. About 3rd in line was a father & his teenage son. The father had a golf shirt on, and he evidently was ...read more

  • A Father's Legacy  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,310 views

    A Father's Legacy Jim Berg wrote about the state of the family: "The family, which should be the greatest refuge for the child, has become a domestic battlefield where a child is often caught in the crossfire of his parents' warfare. The time and energy that should be spent giving him the ...read more

  • Churchhill's Father

    Contributed by Bill Purvis on Oct 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,769 views

    Churchhill’s Father Winston Churchhill’s father was jealous of Winston. He couldn’t speak a kind word of him. Curchhill, the greatest leader of the day, in the book, "The Last Lion" says, "I would rather had been an apprentice for a brick layer, or run errands as a messenger boy, or dressed the ...read more

  • Dead Fathers Better Than Absent Fathers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,438 views

    DEAD FATHERS BETTER THAN ABSENT FATHERS According to the New Jersey Index of Leading Cultural Indicators, in 1960 the total number of births to teenagers was 11,636. In 2000, the number of births to teenagers was 8,219. At first glance, we would say we are doing something right, yet a little more ...read more

  • The Institution Of Father's Day Is Credited To A ...

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Mar 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,731 views

    The institution of Father’s day is credited to a woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd. She wanted a special day to honor her father, Henry Jackson Smart. Her father was widowed when his wife died during the birth of their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five ...read more

  • The Institution Of Father's Day Is Credited To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,393 views

    The institution of Father’s day is credited to a woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd. She wanted a special day to honor her father, Henry Jackson Smart. Her father was widowed when his wife died during the birth of their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five ...read more

  • Dads - Happy Fathers Day

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Jun 15, 2024
     | 349 views

    DADS - Dads are trustworthy and strong, accepting their lead, giving words of truth, sharing wisdom seed. Dads are courageous and brave, chasing fears away; they are living examples, walking right each day. Dads are devoted and true, showing us the way, mindful of their deeds, guarding words ...read more

  • A Father's Role  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Fenter on May 23, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,406 views

    A FATHER'S ROLE “The most urgent domestic challenge facing the United States at the close of the 20th century is the re-creation of fatherhood as a social role for men.” “A good father does these basic things: provides for his family, protects his family, and gives ...read more

  • A Survey Of Fathers  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 3, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 3,662 views

    A SURVEY OF FATHERS The June 2003 issue of Family Circle Magazine contained results from a recent national survey of fathers. It had some interesting results: * 94% feel building a family is the hardest and most important thing a man can do. * 71% say fatherhood is more demanding than ...read more

  • A River Funny  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 16, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 17,558 views

    A River Funny A preacher was winding up his temperance sermon with great fervor: "If I had all the beer in the world, I’d take it and throw it into the river." The congregation cried, "Amen!" "And if I had all the wine in the world, I’d take it and throw it in the river." The congregation ...read more

  • Economy Funnies

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Feb 16, 2012
     | 5,048 views

    ECONOMY FUNNIES Even as dark clouds of depression hang somberly above the American economy (is anyone not aware?), we do see some "silver linings" of humour in them. For instance take this self-deprecatory cartoon humour of a bulging, balding entrepreneur quite used to striking big business ...read more

  • Funny Prayers

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025
     | 400 views

    I found this collection of funny prayers on-line: • Lord, I ask that you give me the superpower to eat as much pizza as I want without gaining any weight. It would truly be a miracle and make my life complete. Amen. • Lord, I ask that you make all the calories in donuts and ice cream disappear, ...read more

  • The Absence Of A Loving Father  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,800 views

    THE ABSENCE OF A LOVING FATHER Dr. Paul Vitz, Professor of Psychology at New York University, studied the lives of more than a dozen of the world's most influential atheists over the last four centuries. As a result, Vitz discovered they all had one thing in common: defective relationships with ...read more