Value of a Person

What is the value of a person? Can we measure this value by a paycheck, a retirement benefit, or a stock option?

Some years ago I purchased a Hummel Christmas ...

"Cast Away": Living with Purpose

In the movie Cast Away, Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems troubleshooter, played by Tom Hanks, is stranded on a South Pacific island, the sole survivor of ...

Regretting Wasted Opportunities

In the 1954 movie, On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando stars as a former boxer named Terry Malloy. When the movie begins, Malloy's boxing days are long past, ...

"Toy Story": Belonging to God

In Disney's animated movie Toy Story, Woody (a plush toy cowboy) confronts Buzz Lightyear (a toy astronaut) with the fact that he is only an action figure ...

One Hot Papa

Pastor Ben Patterson writes on the satisfaction of being a father:

Blythe is a desert town on the Arizona-California border. My family and I were on our ...

"Antz": Search for Significance

In an early scene from the movie Antz, the camera pans down from a far away view of a big city to blades of grass to below the grass and into a room. ...

Leo Tolstoy Questions Meaning of Life

Leo Tolstoy wrote what the Encyclopedia Britannica describes as "one of the two or three greatest novels in world literature"—War and Peace. But ...

"Princess Diaries": Feeling Worthless

In the movie The Princess Diaries, Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is a shy, awkward teenager whose only goal in life is to be invisible. She tries to ...

Skater Finds Worth Through Gold Medal

Upon being awarded the gold medal in the men's 1,500-meter speed skating competition, Apolo Anton Ohno of the U.S. reveled in his own glory and victory. ...

Mom's Impressive Job Description

Author and preacher Tony Campolo said that when his wife, Peggy, was at home fulltime with their children and someone would ask, "And what is it that ...