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Natural Disasters Offer a "Decisive Moment"
In her book, Unthinkable, reporter Amanda Ripley investigated why some people survive disasters and others don't. After examining fires, floods, hurricanes, ...
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J.R.R. Tolkien's 40-year Journey to Excellence
J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, did not initially set out to write fantasy novels and create an entire world that he called ...
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African Leader Sticks to God's Call
In his book Pursuing Justice, Ken Wystma tells the following story about an African Christian leader who has spent the last 15 years helping some of the ...
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Foster Mom Is Called 'The Baby Whisperer'
Becky O'Connell has been given a unique unofficial title—"The Baby Whisperer." Officially, the 65-year-old woman is a temporary foster ...
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Pilot Displays Competence during Crisis
On February 24, 1989, United Airlines Flight 811 took off from Honolulu on its way to New Zealand. The 747 had climbed to twenty-two thousand feet when ...
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Man Rediscovers His Ability to Dream
For the past couple decades, I had a condition that kept me from sleeping well. The technical term was apnea …. So I went to see the doctor. "I'll ...
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Bob Dylan Reflects on Calling
The September 2012 issue of Rolling Stone contained a lengthy interview with Bob Dylan. The interviewer noted to Dylan, "You've described what you do ...
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Gandalf Sends Bilbo on an Unwanted Adventure
At the beginning of The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins enjoys a comfortable and predictable life in his home in the Shire. But when the mysterious Gandalf drops ...
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Characters from the Film Hugo Explore Life's Purpose
Hugo is the 2011 Martin Scorsese film about an orphan boy, Hugo, who secretly maintains the colossal train station clocks in 1930s Paris. Hugo had a tender ...
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Painting Shows a Prophet's Change of Course
In the Sacred Museum of the Vatican, there is a sixteenth-century sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini entitled "Habakkuk and the Angel." In this masterpiece, ...
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