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LightGrams July 26, 2018 Volume 22, Number 26 Is this the beginning of a new place to have babies? Is it true that Chik-fil-A now offers delivery service? There are traces of truth in both of the above statements. The story happened on July 20 in San Antonio, Texas when Falon Griffin began banging on…
LightGrams July 19, 2018 Volume 22, Number 25 I recently returned from a trip to Ecuador, South America, my first visit to that land. I have a great love for mountains, being raised in Southeastern Kentucky. But the mountains I saw in Ecuador were beyond anything I’ve ever seen in the Appalachians! Our group stayed…
LightGrams June 21, 2018 Volume 22, Number 23 I know what it’s like to clean out a loved one’s house. Three years ago my sister, brother-in-law and I took on the task of emptying our parents’ house of its contents. As the process wore on, we were less interested in checking every item. We just…
LightGrams June 14, 2018 Volume 22, Number 22 A farmer is plowing his field when he suddenly spots a rabbit darting away. He jumps off his tractor and begins chasing it. Finally he gives up, and climbs back on his tractor. Before long another rabbit is spotted, and off he goes again. By the end…
LightGrams June 7, 2018 Volume 22, Number 21 Kal Patel was holding in his hand a $1 million lottery ticket. There was no doubt about it; he had run the numbers several times. Later he handed the ticket (and the million dollars) to another person. Patel’s parents own the Pit Stop convenience store in Salina,…
LightGrams May 31, 2018 Volume 22, Number 20 I’ve long heard that an item’s worth is whatever someone is willing to pay for it. My wife and I recently observed decor that had been placed on a medical office wall, and wondered how much it had cost. I’m not sure I would have paid $5…
LightGrams May 17, 2018 Volume 22, Number 18 When someone asks if I play golf, I often respond by saying, “No, I’m a Christian.” Those statements are true – I am a Christian and I don’t play golf. But if it sounds like I don’t play golf as a result of my faith, that’s not…
LightGrams May 17, 2018 Volume 22, Number 18 In 2015 an uproar broke out when a picture of a dress was posted on the Internet. Some saw a gold and white dress; others protested that it was black and blue. There was no definitive answer, we were told; it all depended on who was looking.…
LightGrams May 3, 2018 Volume 22, Number 17 It’s not that Dennis Jackson was playing with Play-Doh; he thought he had come upon the perfect tool to help him with his intended crime. He had taken a quantity of this moldable substance into Walmart in Leiceister, Massachusetts this past December, and used it to cover…
LightGrams April 26, 2018 Volume 22, Number 16 Folks in Montoursville, Pennsylvania who saw the police car escorting their 84-year-old neighbor may have been shocked. What had this old man done to have police come and pick him up? But this isn’t a story about a shocking crime; it’s about human compassion. The man’s wife…