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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 Little House

No Smoking One of my bygone recollections, As I recall the days of yore Is the little house, behind the house, With the crescent over the door. ‘Twas a place to sit and ponder With your head bowed down low; Knowing that you wouldn’t be there, If you didn’t have to go. Ours was a […]

Christmas Story

Not long ago and far away, Santa was getting ready for his annual trip…but there were problems everywhere. Four of his elves got sick, and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones so Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind schedule. Then Mrs. Claus told […]

Where Does God Live?

Little Johnny was sitting in class one day. And on this day, the teacher asked the class where they thought God lived. One little girl raised her hand, and the teacher called upon her. “I think God lives in the sky, because that is where heaven is.” the girl replied. “That’s good!” said the teacher. […]

Report Card

Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything: tutors, flash cards, special learning centers. In a last-ditch effort, they took Tommy and enrolled him in the local Catholic school. After the first day, Little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother […]

Medical Problem

HMO World -=-=-=-=- Mr. Smith goes to the doctor’s office to collect his wife’s test results. Receptionist: “I’m sorry, sir, but there has been a bit of a mix-up and we have a problem. When we sent your wife’s samples to the lab, some samples from another Mrs. Smith were sent as well. One Mrs. […]

The Time Honoured Horse

Blessings and Peace Brigid The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians passed on from generation to generation, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. In government, this view is replaced by a whole range of far more advanced strategies which can be employed, such […]

Stop

What would you do if, while traveling to work, you see a STOP sign? A post modernist de constructs the sign (i.e., he knocks it over with his car), thus ending forever the tyranny of the north-south traffic over the east-west traffic. A Marxist sees a stop sign as an instrument of class conflict. He […]

The Blonde In The Library

A blonde walked up to the front desk of the library and said, “I borrowed a book last week, but it was the most boring I’ve ever read. There was no story whatsoever, and there were far too many characters!” The librarian replied, “Oh, you must be the person who took our phone book.”

Closely Knit

A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the driver, he was astounded to see a blonde behind the wheel knitting! Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, PULLOVER!” “NO,” the blonde yelled back, […]

Why Did The Pig Cross The Road?

(The following is weak in terms of _theological_ perspectives.) Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability. Machiavelli: So that its subjects will view it with admiration, as a pig which has the daring and courage to boldly cross the road, but also with fear, for whom among them has the strength to contend with such […]