Editor's note: Though you might not be persuaded by the information below, it still has great illustrative potential. D'Souza's article might provide an intriguing way into a sermon that deals with why God allows bad things to happen. It might be something you want to contend with or elevate as a possibility. It might be a way to raise several other questions about why bad things happen. Or, taking ...

We all know there are consequences for those who refuse to save money. Unfortunately those consequences have seemed too far in the future to bring about change. That is, until now. A new piggy bank is available in Japan. Adorned with a menacing skull and crossbones, the piggy bank will explode if the owner fails to top it off regularly. If the bank explodes, "users must…collect the scattered ...

Nacho Libre is the story of a young priest, Ignacio, who must reconcile his love for wrestling with his duty to God and the orphanage in which he works. In this scene, Ignacio struggles with his desire to wrestle after watching a live lucha libre match (lucha libre is the Mexican professional wrestling circuit).

Ignacio (Jack Black) enters the kitchen where Sister Encarnacion is making breakfast.

"Ignacio," ...

The World's Fastest Indian is the true story of Burt Munro, a New Zealander who set several land speed records in the 1960s riding an old-fashioned, Indian motorcycle built in 1920. The movie traces his journey from a tool shed in New Zealand (where he worked on the bike for decades) to the most sacred place he can think of—the flat lands of Utah where speed records are set.

In this scene, ...

In The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe, Lily Tomlin's character says: "I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific."

The romantic comedy Just Like Heaven is about a young, driven doctor named Elizabeth (played by Reese Witherspoon) whose determination to succeed often drives her to work long days. At the end of one such day, she loses control of her car and is struck in a head-on collision with a truck.

Three months later, a young, lonely widower named David (played by Mark Ruffalo) moves into Elizabeth's old apartment. ...

An organization advertised for climbers interested in setting new records for climbing the highest point in each of the 50 United States within a 100-day period. A young man named Todd Huston saw the article and decided to go for it. Seeking the advice of expert climbers, he trained hard. The expedition was scheduled to begin in April 1994.

Everything was on track up until the last two months. The ...

My friend Mike and I went out for an afternoon on the lake, a chance to talk a little and baptize some new fishing lures. We spent several hours fishing, with no luck, when we decided to head back before it got dark. After about half an hour, I heard the outboard motor sputter, then die. Mike went to check out the problem and determined that we were almost out of gas. There was a little, but it was ...

American skier Bode Miller is near, if not at the top, of his profession. He was a double silver medalist at the 2002 Olympics, and the 2004 World Cup champion in the giant slalom. Miller is also the first American to win the gold medal in the men's downhill at a world championship.

Miller has this to say about his pursuit of success in skiing, "I'm not much of a believer in an afterlife, and I don't ...

The famous English sculptor Henry Moore was asked a fascinating question by literary critic Donald Hall.

"Now that you are 80, you must know the secret of life. What is it?"

Moore paused ever so slightly, with just enough time to smile before answering. "The secret of life," he mused, "is to have a task, something you do your entire life, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for ...