Stories and Illustrations
Preachers are always looking for great stories to illustrate their sermon points. Here are some of my favorites. Enjoy! – Marty
Look Upstream!
Annie Dillard in her Pulitzer Prize winning book “Pilgrim At Tinker Creek” reflects on this tendency of human beings to look backwards – [READ MORE]
Just When You Think You’ve Got It All Figured Out
One night long ago, I was with a dad whose baby was on the brink of death. The doctors came and said there [READ MORE]
Where Are Your Wounds?
In Alan Paton’s historical novel, Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful, the human tragedy of apartheid in South Africa is described in the relationship between a [READ MORE]
Buying Goldfish
When my best boyhood friend Dennis and I were growing up, we used to take a city bus downtown to go to the [READ MORE]
Flowers on the Wall
Two seriously ill men occupied the same hospital room. The man in the bed by the window was allowed to sit up for about [READ MORE]
The Talking Dog
Swearing the story is true, Fred Craddock once shared an experience he had with a Greyhound dog. He was visiting with a family at their [READ MORE]
That Thingy About Love
I have often had the experience of working with a couple preparing for a wedding when I asked the couple if there were [READ MORE]
When the Cell Phone Rings
Years ago at the Stetson University Pastor’s School, the great Biblical Scholar Walter Brueggemann gave a wonderful lecture about God and God’s creation. [READ MORE]
Why Did the Cross Become a Beloved Symbol?
Today’s Christians do not always know that the Cross did not become a meaningful symbol of our faith until sometime in the 2nd-century [READ MORE]
A Bicycle Built for Two
Many years ago, our family was vacationing on Cape Cod. My father and mother rented a bicycle-built-for-two. Off they went for an afternoon’s ride. Well, [READ MORE]
The Lost Ring
Let me tell you a story about my High School class ring.
I should begin by telling you that I fell head-over-heels [READ MORE]
A Mother’s Day Psalm
Shirley V. Singley
My mother was my shepherd. I never went without, although she sometimes did. [READ MORE]
Shirley V. SingleyThe Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The late Richard Feynman, the 1965 Nobel Prize winner in quantum electrodynamics, was asked in an interview with the BBC if winning the [READ MORE]