Avoiding Uncertainty

"Most people prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty."

Courageous Fishers of Men

The movie, The Perfect Storm, well described the dangers of the fishing industry through the eyes of the crew of the fishing boat, the Andrea Gail.

Out ...

"Hoosiers": Taking Risks on Others

The movie Hoosiers tells the Cinderella story of a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship. One important character, ...

Discipleship Is Serious Business

Service in the armed forces of the United States is more than free tourism or government-funded education. It is perilous duty in service to a nation ...

Filling Uncomfortable Positions

Tuesday night I couldn't go to sleep. I clicked on the hotel TV and found my beloved Atlanta Braves playing the Colorado Rockies. It was the 9th inning, ...

What Provokes Change

Danny Cox, a former jet pilot turned business leader, tells his readers in Seize the Day that when jet fighters were first invented, they "flew much ...

Following Christ without Limits

I have vivid memories as a kid of my father taking me to an auction sale, telling me, "Don't scratch your nose at the wrong time, son." ...

Power of Curiosity

In For the Time Being, Pulitzer Prize winning author Annie Dillard writes:

In Highland New Guinea, now Papua New Guinea, a British district officer named ...

Taking Risks

In an article on old-time pickup softball games—where seniors in Naperville, Illinois, gather twice weekly to test their skills against one another—writer ...

Runaway Courage

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849. She immediately became involved in the abolitionist movement, organizing meetings, speaking against slavery, ...