Saving a life is no game—or is it? Orrin Hudson believes the game of chess rescued him. He was in high school and running with a dead-end crowd when a teacher challenged him...
In the first half of the Twentieth Century, people considered the four-minute mile a runner's absolute limit. Why, he might run it and die. But by the early 1950s, several runners had set their...
At The High Calling and the H. E. Butt Foundation, we rejoice that so many organizations are rising up to help Christians think about the integration of faith and work. And we are thankful...
Gene Stallings is a former defensive backfield coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Once, after a game against the Washington Redskins, Stallings overheard two of his players talking: Charlie Waters and...
The Spalding company didn't create the baseball as we know it. A boy, the son of a shoemaker, first thought up that legendary stitch-and-curve pattern. Young Ellis Drake was doodling in the...
An old man was forced to move in with his son's family. But he could not eat at the dinner table without making a mess. Annoyed, the son had his father eat alone...
Transcript The New York Times recently polled American scientists about their belief in God. The majority said “Yes, we do believe in God” and the story got prominent play. Before long, the paper...
A little boy played with his father's gold watch and accidentally broke it. Saying nothing, the boy replaced the watch in his father's drawer. When the father asked how his watch broke, the boy...
Transcript Bob did not like Kate. People said she promoted herself more than her team. They said she was vain. Bob hated those qualities in anyone. And when he found himself teamed on...
