Woman Ministers to Telemarketers

Once, while speaking on the topic of grace in Toronto, I asked the audience about their own experiences conveying grace to others. One woman shocked us ...

New York Hair Stylist Cuts the Hair of the Homeless

Mark Bustos, a hair stylist at an upscale New York salon, spends Sunday (his one day off) cutting hair, just like the rest of the week. Well, almost like ...

The Rise of the Cynical TV 'Hero'

A new type of character has emerged in popular television—the hardened, cynical investigator who sees through everything and everyone and then speaks ...

Dad Sees People Need His 'Special Needs' Son

Greg Lucas writes about taking his special-needs son, Jake, to his annual dentist appointment. After a particularly challenging visit, Jake was afraid ...

Actress Says, "You Can't Eat Beauty"

The Kenyan actress, Lupita Nyong'o, who received the 2014 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years as a Slave, offered this ...

The Foolishness of the Cross vs. Love of Power

Historian Garret Fagan summarizes how the Romans—the culture encountered by the early church—viewed the values of strength and weakness:

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Magazine Tries to Calculate Your Soul's Worth

Jesus once asked, "Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?" An tongue-in-cheek article on Business Insider has tried to answer that question ...

The Man Who Protected Babies with Down Syndrome

In 1958, a brilliant young medical researcher made a startling discovery—Down syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects about one in 700 babies ...

In the Midst of Tragedies Human Life Matters

The famous atheist Richard Dawkins once claimed, "[The universe] has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, ...

Marketers Who Practice "Social Discrimination"

One of the fastest-growing online businesses is the business of spying on Internet users. Communications Professor Joseph Turow writes: "We're at the ...