Shoplifter Comes Clean...Almost

The story is told of a shoplifter who writes to a department store and says, "I've just become a Christian, and I can't sleep at night because ...

All Cultures Exploit People

The difference between Western culture and other cultures is that in the West human beings exploit other humans beings, whereas elsewhere in the world, ...

Forgiving Those Who Hurt Us

Writer William Nix shares this story in his book Character Works:

Mark Gagnon worked as a clerk in the North Hampton, Massachusetts, store owned by James ...

Augustine's Joy in Sin

Once, during the holidays, [before his conversion, early church father] Augustine robbed a pear tree. He tells of the event with a quite extraordinary ...

White Collar Thieves

A number of people from my church had gone out for dinner, and as we each put in our money to pay the bill, one person told a story that reveals much ...

Skimming Off the Top?

Finding a volunteer to be church treasurer is always a challenge. But after reading the church's Annual Report, I was not surprised to hear several members ...

A Really Stupid Stick-Up

True story from our dim-witted criminals department:

A man walked into a convenience store, put a $20 bill on the counter and asked for change. When the ...

Stealing Bread from the Thieves

One winter's night in 1935, it is told, Fiorello LaGuardia, the irrepressible mayor of New York, showed up at a night court in the poorest ward of ...

Community Service

While I was helping to clean the church, I encountered a 12-year-old boy who was working out his court sentence for theft by doing community service. ...

Disarmed by Prayer

According to an Associated Press account, Cindy Hartman of Conway, Arkansas, walked into her house to answer the phone and was confronted by a burglar. ...