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Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

The Secret To Inner Peace

I may have found inner peace. My therapist told me the way to achieve inner peace was to finish things I had started. Today I finished 2 bags of potato chips, a lemon pie, a bottle of red wine and a large box of chocolate. I feel better already. Please pass this valuable information along […]

Heaven’s Now Got Voice Mail

Most of us have now learned to live with “voice mail” as a necessary part of our daily lives. But have you ever wondered what it would be like if God decided to install voice mail? Imagine praying and hearing the following: Thank you for calling Heaven. For English Press 1, For Spanish, Press 2, […]

Top Five Reasons Why President Bush May Have Choked On A Pretzel

5.)While watching football on TV, saw Bin Laden and Mullah Omar sitting in the bleachers. 4.) Even in the wake of unspeakable evil, Bush couldn’t resist a challenge from brother Jeb, to “swallowing a pretzel…whole.” 3.)Bought pretzels of some pretzel vender guy, named Mohammed 2.) Tried to untwist pretzel with his tongue to impress the […]

After Christmas Lament

‘Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house Nothing fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I’d nibbled, the eggnog I’d taste As the holiday parties had gone to my waist. When I got on the scales there arose such a number! When I walked to the store (less a walk than […]

Signs

Over a gynaecologist’s office: “Dr. Jones, at your cervix.” On a plumber’s truck: “We repair what your husband fixed.” On the trucks of a local plumbing company in NE Pennsylvania: “Don’t sleep with a drip. Call your plumber.” Pizza shop slogan: “7 days without pizza makes one weak.” Outside a muffler shop: “No appointment necessary. […]

Happy Holidays From Your Lawyer

My dear friends: In these days of Political Correctness run amok, this struck a melodious chord with me. I hope you enjoy it too. Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most […]

Women About Women

*****************Great Women*************** Inside every older person is a younger person – wondering what the hell happened. Cora Harvey Armstrong —————————- Quotations from women about women . . . . . . . The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. -Helen Hayes (at 73) ……………………………………………….. I refuse to think of them as […]

A Job At Microsoft

An unemployed man goes to apply for a job with Microsoft as a janitor. The manager there arranges for him to take an aptitude test (Section: Floors, sweeping and cleaning). After the test, the manager says, “You will be employed at minimum wage, $5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address, so that I […]

Christmas Songs For The Psychiatrically Challenged

1 “SCHIZOPHRENIA: Do You Hear What I Hear?” 2 “MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER: We Three Kings Disoriented Are.” 3 “DEMENTIA: I Think I’ll Be Home For Christmas.” 4 “NARCISSISTIC: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing About Me.” 5 “MANIC: Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and […]

The Great Debate

About a century or two ago, the Pope decided that all the Jews had to leave Rome. Naturally there was a big uproar from the Jewish community. So the Pope made a deal. He would have a religious debate with member of the Jewish community. If the Jew won, the Jews could stay. If the […]