John Ortberg Learns Valuable Lessons from Vineyard

In a sermon, John Ortberg said:

A little while ago, my wife kidnapped me and took me to Napa Valley for a romantic, overnight getaway for just the two ...

Michael Jordan Shreds Gear

If any athlete was known for focus, it was Michael Jordan. In Jordan's book, Driven from Within, Fred Whitfield, president and chief operating officer ...

Gradual Secularization

Unlike Israel's exile, our process of secularization is not clearly marked by a hostile takeover. We are losing the land by way of a thousand little ...

Shoppers Ignore Dying Woman

The last thing LaShanda Calloway saw before she died was people literally stepping over her to continue shopping as if nothing had happened. Calloway ...

Award-Winning Novel Rejected

Getting a novel published is an extremely difficult affair, especially if you are an unknown author. One freelance writer named Chuck Ross decided to ...

Honeymooner Already Tired of Wife

This is a true story. A businessman moved over slightly as a young man crowded into the airplane seat next to him. They both fastened their seat belts, ...

Condoleezza Rice Advises Accountability

When Katie Couric took over as anchor of the CBS Evening News in 2006, various personalities gave her advice as to what to do and what not to do. Condoleezza ...

Abraham Lincoln Asks to Borrow Army

In the later months of 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was angered by General George B. McClellan's inactivity despite superiority ...

A Prayer for Disturbance

Explorer Sir Francis Drake prayed:

Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed ...

John McCain on Courage

Courage is like a muscle. The more we exercise it, the stronger it gets. I sometimes worry that our collective courage is growing weaker from disuse. ...