What Happens in One Minute Around the World

A minute is a funny amount of time. It's long enough to notice, but it's too short to do much of anything with. There are only about five hundred thousand ...

Natural Disasters Offer a "Decisive Moment"

In her book, Unthinkable, reporter Amanda Ripley investigated why some people survive disasters and others don't. After examining fires, floods, hurricanes, ...

Lost Woman Searched for Herself

During a tourist bus excursion to a volcanic canyon in Iceland, a woman was reported missing when she failed to return to the bus. The bus driver waited ...

Famous Playwright and Journalist on 'The Hound of Heaven'

It was 1917, on a piercing winter night in Greenwich Village. Huddled in the back room of a bar, known as the Hell Hole, was a Bohemian gathering of artists, ...

One Thing Money Still Can't Buy

In his book What Money Can't Buy, Michael J. Sandel states, "There are some things money can't buy—but these days, not much." Almost everything ...

White Supremacist Accepts Christ and Removes Hateful Tattoos

Two years ago, Chris Simpson led a white pride march. Six months ago, he abandoned the white supremacist movement. This past April, he was baptized.

Simpson, ...

God Moves Us Deeper into the Gospel

God does not move us beyond the gospel; he moves us more deeply into the gospel, because all of the power we need in order to change and mature comes ...

Neighbor Helps Rescue an Uncooperative Cat

A year or two ago my friend Linda's cat escaped. It was cold and rainy, and that cat would not come home. Not for three days! The cat wasn't exactly lost; ...

'Titanic' Lifeboats Seats Were Only Half-filled

On April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and was swallowed up in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Over 1,500 people perished as "the ship ...

Like a Magnet, Jesus Will Attract or Repel People

Jesus is the great polarizer. It's as if all of humanity were iron filings laid out on a sheet of paper, and Jesus is the magnet. Every single filing ...