Entries from March 2008 ↓

He sat in his doctor’s office,
Consternation on his face,
He hadn’t very long to live
For death, now, had entered the race.
He had great fear of the unknown,
Fears he knew he should not abide.
He asked the doctor if he knew
What waited on the other side?
He said, “I’ve always believed in God,
But with the threat of death so [...]

He was a country preacher,
With a country preacher’s zeal.
His earnings were quite small
Sometimes a single meal.
Attendance was erratic,
His congregation small.
But when all thirty came at once,
They barely fit inside the hall.
Then one snowy Sunday morning
One old rancher named Jerome,
Was the only one to show up,
The preacher said, “Let’s both go home.”
The rancher said, “Now preacher,
I’ve [...]

She was the cutest little two year old
And she was smart as she could be.
She was playing with her tea set
And she was serving Daddy tea.
She was bringing cups of water,
While he was watching Evening News.
He smacked his lips and drank each one,
No way her Daddy could refuse.
I just thought that I would ask him
If [...]

The young girl asked her father
“Why do you always bow your head
Right before you begin to preach,
While the scripture is being read?”
“I ask God for a good sermon,
That’s something that I always do.”
“If you ask for a good sermon,
Why doesn’t he give one to you?”

He sat in the confessional;
There was someone he’d done harm.
He was carrying a young duck
That was tucked beneath his arm.
He said he had stolen it
And would the priest please take it…
“Since it is a stolen duck,
My wife refused to bake it.”
The priest said, “I don’t want it,”
As the duck began to quack.
“Find the man you [...]