Valuing the Contributions of Those Around You

Improvisation is the willingness to live within the bounds of the past and yet search for the future at the same time. Improvisation is the desire to ...

Robot Teaches Dentists to Feel Patients' Pain

Because the fear of going to the dentist is so pervasive, Japanese scientists have created a special robot that enables dentists in training to learn ...

Boy Commits Suicide After Reaching Out to On-line Community

Most who champion on-line chat rooms and message boards argue that such technology encourages community. The question, however, is just how healthy on-line ...

A Lesson from the "Maggies"

A film made in 2002, The Magdalene Sisters, told the sad story of the "maggies" of Ireland. They got that nickname from Mary Magdalene, a revealing ...

Minister Says the Right Words to Grieving Mother

While working his way through seminary, pastor and author Ed Rowell took a job driving a school bus for kindergartners. Ed shares a story about a valuable ...

Atheist Author Experiences Love of Christian Author

In connection with their book Is Christianity Good for the World?, evangelical theologian Douglas Wilson and leading atheist Christopher Hitchens have ...

Jim Cymbala on Rudy Giuliani's Post-9/11 Reflections

On that tragic morning of September 11, 2001, The Brooklyn Tabernacle lost four of its members. One victim was a police officer. The officer's funeral ...

The Miracle of Unity in the Midst of Diversity

Philip Yancey writes:

As I read accounts of the New Testament church, no characteristic stands out more sharply than [diversity]. Beginning with Pentecost, ...

Importing the Idol of Consumerism

David Livermore writes in Serving with Eyes Wide Open:

My friend Ashish came from Northern India to visit me in Chicago. We were eating at Gino's Pizzeria ...

"Seinfeld": Every Man for Himself

Seinfeld is a popular television comedy based on the humor of comedian Jerry Seinfeld. In an episode entitled "The Fire," Jerry's friend, ...