Food Takes Smaller Portion of Budget

The percentage of disposable personal income Americans spent on food in 1935: 24.2 percent

The percentage of disposable personal income Americans spent ...

"The Incredibles": Conflict Between Home and Ministry

In Pixar's movie The Incredibles, superheroes have been forced into everyday life because of numerous lawsuits. This scene appears toward the end ...

Investing in Vice

As of 2006, the stock market boasts 150 mutual funds that designate themselves as "socially responsible." This means that investments are only ...

Wealthy Investor Damages a Picasso

Throughout his life, Pablo Picasso is estimated to have produced about 13,500 paintings or designs, 100,000 prints or engravings, 34,000 book illustrations, ...

Hairdressers Create Ministry of Beauty

Once a month, a group of dedicated professionals ventures into their community to serve those less fortunate than themselves. They're not carrying ...

Abraham Lincoln Asks to Borrow Army

In the later months of 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was angered by General George B. McClellan's inactivity despite superiority ...

Doctor Unable to Pass By Major Accident

Dr. Scott Kurtzman, chief of surgery at Waterbury Hospital, was on his way to deliver an 8 a.m. lecture when he witnessed one of the worst crashes in ...

Nauru: A Pacific Island Sells Its Soul

An episode of the Public Radio program "This American Life" tells the story of Nauru, a tiny, isolated Pacific island east of New Guinea and ...

Man Too Wealthy to Tithe

D. James Kennedy tells a story of a man who came to Peter Marshall, former chaplain of the Unites States Senate, with a concern about tithing. He said: ...

Philip Yancey on Living Without Possessions

I've become more convinced than ever that God finds ways to communicate with those who truly seek him, especially when we lower the volume of the ...