Prisoners Share Stories About Their Freedom

New York magazine interviewed several former inmates and asked them to describe their first hours or day of freedom. These men had been wrongfully convicted, ...

Must-Have Christmas Gifts by Year

The website Statistic Brain has tracked the "must-have Christmas gift" for the past few decades.

In 1983 everyone had to have a cabbage patch ...

Mark Twain's Wrong View of Guilt

Mark Twain held a wide range of views on Christianity and the Bible at different times in his life. His theological beliefs changed many times as he dealt ...

Married to 'Mr. Law' or 'Mr. Grace'?

We were married to Mr. Law. He was a good man, in his way, but he did not understand our weakness. He came home every evening and asked, "So, how ...

Man Tries to Outspend His Gift Card

John Zahl writes in "A Gift (Certificate) That Never Expires”:

A few years ago, a friend and the owner of a local high-end department store ...

N.T. Wright Illustrates the Good News of the Gospel

Imagine that you are sitting quietly in a café with a couple of friends when suddenly the door bursts open and in rushes a stranger with a wild, ...

How to Get into D.C.'s Hottest Parties

According to The Washington Post, the D.C. party scene is attracting more and more of a Hollywood edge, making it far more star-studded then it's ...

An 'Oops' of Kingly Proportions

If you're afraid of the legendary curse of King Tutankhamen, be very, very glad that you're not one of several (unnamed) employees tasked with ...

A Wedding in a War Zone

Ekhlas Mohammed is a new bride, but one without a honeymoon. Why? She and her new husband live in Dhuluiya, a town on Iraq's edge that has been literally ...

Freed Slave Says, 'I'll Go with You'

There's a story that has been told from Civil War days before America's slaves were freed, about a northerner who went to a slave auction and ...