Learning Virtual Compassion

A company called BeAnotherLab believes that virtual reality (VR) "shouldn't give you heaven, but hardship." According to a story in Wired, ...

Kids These Days

Jerral Hancock was serving as a specialist with the Army's 1st Cavalry Division when his tank outside Baghdad hit a roadside bomb. As the story in ...

Rejoicing in a Haitian Tent Camp Teaches Us About Faith

Richard Stearns, the president of World Vision, reflected on his visit to a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti nearly a year after the devastating earthquake. ...

God Speaks Through Unlikely Person

Henri Nouwen was a priest and a brilliant teacher at places like Harvard and Yale. Feeling led by God, he spent the last decade of his life living in ...

Simple Prayer Moves Student with Cerebral Palsy

R. C. Sproul shares the story of a college student he once taught who had cerebral palsy. You know what that looks like—spastic movements and garbled ...

Joni Eareckson Tada Needed at Disaster Site

In the aftermath of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, author and speaker Joni Eareckson Tada was invited to be part of a Christian ...

Autistic Teen's Performance Inspires Joy

In February of 2006, an autistic high school senior named Jason McElwain taught his entire school a lesson on the reality of joy. Jason had served as ...

Handicapped Man's Only Sentences Were About Jesus

Louie and Jeanette, a couple in their 80s, have a 55-year-old son, Louis. Their son has been severely mentally handicapped all his life and is cared for ...

Amputee Becomes Champion Mountaineer

An organization advertised for climbers interested in setting new records for climbing the highest point in each of the 50 United States within a 100-day ...

Disabled Woman a Metaphor of the Church

In his book Disappointment with God, Philip Yancey offers a powerful metaphor for the church:

I have a bright, talented, and very funny friend in Seattle ...