Michael Jackson Wanted His Father's Love

After Michael Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges, columnist Derrick Z. Jackson quoted the singer’s own words from a 2001 speech ...

Marketers Target High Expectations of Americans

Bill Bryson writes of a lecture on marketing he once heard contrasting how products were sold in Britain and the United States.

The gist of the program ...

Doctor Learns About Healing Prayer

Jeffrey H. Boyd, a medical doctor from Waterbury, Connecticut, writes:

My first wife, Pat, had diabetes, two heart attacks, bypass surgery, two strokes, ...

Strangler Fig Leaves Tree Hollow

The Brazilian walnut tree is majestic in size and strength. But this beautiful tree has one enemy, the strangler fig. When a strangler fig seed lands ...

George Whitefield on True Conversion

George Whitefield, the great 18th century evangelist, spoke these words at a funeral service:

Do you think any farmer would have a crop of corn next year ...

Coach Wooden Started with Socks

Players gathering for the first day of basketball practice at UCLA were full of anticipation. They wondered how their coach, John Wooden, would set the ...

Captain Refused to Acknowledge He Was Lost

On September 3, 1989, Varig Airlines Flight 254 was at Brazil's Maraba Airport preparing for takeoff. Under normal circumstances the hop to nearby ...

Wilma Rudolph Overcame Obstacles to Win Olympic Gold

Wilma Rudolph was the 20th of 22 children. Born prematurely, doctors did not expect Wilma to survive. She did, but at the age of four, she contracted ...

Sexually Disoriented People Lack Loving Fathers

"In all my reading and experience, I have never known of one sexually-disoriented person who had a warm, loving and affectionate father."

—Dr. ...

Ex-Porn Star on Unhappiness in the Pornography Industry

"I can tell you from personal experience that I've never met a happy porn star."

—Ex-porn star Traci Lords, describing how abuse and an unstable ...