Bird Dads Guide Young on First Migration

A team of researchers studied a bird species called the Caspian tern. Using GPS, the team followed their annual migration from the Baltic Sea to the African ...

The Pilgrim’s Crooked Progress

In a review of A.J. Swoboda’s book Dusty Roads, Leslie Fields writes:

We all have stories of getting lost. Here is one of mine: I crossed the Sahara ...

Town to Convert Only Library into Police Station

Residents of McFarland, a small town in California’s central valley, are upset over potential plans to replace the town’s only library with ...

TV Industry Facing Crisis of Mentorship

According to many industry analysts and insiders, the rising dominance of streaming platforms over the traditional broadcast networks is causing an unintended ...

Skier Trusts His Father’s Voice

Jacob Smith, is a 15-year-old legally blind freeride skier. Jacob has extreme tunnel vision--and no depth perception on top of that. What he does see ...

My Dad’s Bible

In his recent book, The Wisdom Pyramid, Brett McCracken shares the following story about his father:

I will always remember my dad's Bible. As a kid, ...

Grenade Found in Potato Processing Plant

At a suburban factory for processing French fries, workers discovered something on the conveyor belt full of potatoes: a World War II-era grenade. Manager ...

God’s Good Compass

It's significant that in Scripture, wisdom is often associated with a path. Are you going in the right direction? Are you veering off the path? Do ...

A Light on the Stairs

Singer-song-writer Sandra McCracken writes in an issue of CT magazine:

I live in an old house. Along with the charms of age, this old house has some surprises. ...

James Bond Meets Gandalf

While Sean Connery may have had many memorable roles, the actor also rejected more than a handful of now-iconic parts. Perhaps most famously, Connery ...