Miracle dramatizes the true story of the 1980 US Olympic hockey team. Not only did they surprise the world by defeating the Russians, they went on to win the gold medal at the Lake Placid games. The story orbits around the team's coach Herb Brooks and his commitment to release the potential in the young men he mentors.

With a proven record as the University of Minnesota's hockey coach, Herb (Kurt Russell) ...

A friend of mine is a beautiful example of someone who became better equipped to serve God by a test of faith. Playing and teaching piano and organ was a way of life for her for years. Then suddenly her right hand became paralyzed, leaving her unable to move her fingers. It seemed as though her lifelong aspiration had come to an end.

Over the next five years paralysis struck her hand at least once ...

Entertainer Garrison Keilor recalls the childhood pain of being chosen last for the baseball teams.

The captains are down to their last grudging choices: a slow kid for catcher, someone to stick out in right field where nobody hits it. They choose the last ones two at a time—"you and you"—because it makes no difference. And the remaining kids—the scrubs , the excess—they deal for us as handicaps. "If ...