"There are no atheists in foxholes." However, when times are really tough, there may be few genuine Christians in foxholes either. When...
The economy. It's on everyone's mind. Will I get laid off? Will I be able to find a new job? Will my...
Madeline wanted something unusual. The four-year-old repeatedly asked for "a white Christmas tree." She’d say: why QUIZ-mee twee. "Maybe next Christmas," her parents said, "they’d see about a...
In 2007, the Utah Jazz management agreed to release basketball great Derek Fisher from his contract. Fisher's 10-month-old daughter, Tatum, had cancer in her left eye. Her dad needed to...
A handyman and a mortgage broker built their businesses with a heart toward serving the Lord through their work. This was easy...
The project to build the world's tallest structure drew the team to beat all dream teams: the world's leading architects, builders, engineers, thinkers. And they erected a dazzling, towering...
Transcript Ted Benna is a retirement consultant who spends most of his time reading the Tax Code. His job is as tedious as it sounds, but because Ted stayed with it, he found...
From high in the church tower of their small town, Elsa Schiaparelli’s father taught his daughter an important truth. He said, “Look, Elsa, there is more than one way to the square.” ...
In 1814 an American lawyer, held on a Royal Navy vessel, viewed Britain’s assault on Baltimore.
In one of his sonnets, Gerard Manley Hopkins writes about kingfishers. These birds catch fish he says. It's what they're made to do. Likewise, a dragonfly draws the fish to the surface. We can...
On May 19, 1780—in the anxious days of the American Revolution—darkness fell at noon. Bats flew. Chickens roosted. The day abruptly lost all sunlight and many believed the world was ending.
Several years ago, the Peanuts creator cartoonist Charles Schulz wrote a brief quiz. It went something like this: Name three Nobel Prize winners; name the three wealthiest people in the world;...
At the end of World War II, General Omar Bradley held the highest rank in the United States Army. But when he was 18, he had developed little personal direction. Unable to afford college, he...
Political advisor Mary Matalin believes in using “simple valuable words,” and she tells why. During the 1992 presidential campaign, after a public disruption, Mary complained to then...
Heavy rains hammered the highway near an army base. Traffic was bumper-to-bumper. A monument near the highway honored those who died in the worst accident in the history of the 101st Airborne...
The great golf legend Bobby Jones lost the prestigious U. S. Open Championship when he penalized himself. The ball moved slightly. Only Jones saw it happen, but he knew he had to take...
Eunice and Shaun Meyers were driving to the grocery store when a car in front of them swerved—and crashed down an embankment. While Eunice called 911, Shaun jumped out and raced to help...
My granddaughter, Katherine, had a private, special place somewhere in the family home—a secret spot where she was free to be alone with her thoughts or a favorite book. Sometimes when the family...
Years ago, a taxi driver in Washington D.C. told me this story about his son. ...
One way of summing up the practical imperative of ethical competition would be this: As much as you can, let the pressures...
