Father and Son Endure Difficult Hike

Pastor Mark Coleman loves to hike, and he passed on that love to his son, Peter. When Peter was only 5 years old, Coleman planned an easy hike on the ...

Michelangelo Redeems Broken Marble

In 1463, members of the City Council of Firenze (Florence) Italy decided they needed a monument to enhance their city. They commissioned a sculptor to ...

Hope After Disaster on Everest

English explorer George Mallory dreamed of conquering Mount Everest. He organized an expedition, but it failed. A second attempt also failed. A third ...

Condoleezza Rice on the Privilege of Struggle

During remarks at a National Prayer Breakfast Condoleezza Rice said:

We are living through a time of testing and consequence—and praying that our ...

Prisoner of War Finds Living Harder than Death

The obituary of Colonel Floyd J. Thompson said that for nine years he "endured cold cells, jungle cages, and torture in Vietnam, becoming the longest-serving ...

Cal Ripken on Doing Your Best

Major League Baseball's "Ironman," Cal Ripken, Jr., who holds the Major League record, for playing in 2,632 consecutive games, said:

"You ...

Philip Yancey on Endurance

Philip Yancey tells of a letter he received from a friend whose daughter, Peggie, was terminally ill. The mother wrote:

The weekend before she went into ...

Steve Fossett Persevered to Set World Record

Steve Fossett, the Chicago millionaire, soared into the record books by becoming the first person to fly around the world in a hot air balloon solo. After ...

Burnhams Faced Death with Joy

Less than a week before Martin Burnham's abduction by Muslim guerrillas on the Philippine island of Palawan in May 2001, the New Tribes missionary ...

How the Apostle Paul Suffered in Prison

The Apostle Paul spent roughly one-quarter of his missionary career in prisons. John McRay wrote in Christian History:

Roman imprisonment was preceded ...