Christian Actor and Director Declines a Sordid Role

Ken Wales, an award-winning TV and film producer, started his Hollywood career as an actor. But early in his career Wales chose to turn down a significant ...

Fred Rogers ("Mr. Rogers") Created Rather Than Complained

In a moving tribute to Fred Rogers, Jonathon Merritt recounts how Rogers chose to reform society through his gentle and persistent influence on a children's ...

John Perkins Reflects on the Uselessness of Fame

According to author and theologian Paul Metzger, one of his greatest living heroes is John Perkins, an African American Christian leader from Mississippi ...

Os Guinness Discovers God's Call

In the early days of his Christian life, Os Guinness believed that he had to prove his commitment to Christ by becoming a minister or missionary. So, ...

Mother Teresa Did 'Something Beautiful for God'

In 1969 Malcolm Muggeridge, a British journalist and the editor of Punch, a satirical magazine, went to Calcutta to make a documentary movie about Mother ...

Boy Doesn’t Trust Ability to Handle Water; Trusts Father to Catch Him

Greg Gilbert writes in What Is the Gospel?:

I started trying to teach my son to swim early on. It was a chore. A year or so old at the time, the little ...

Serving God in Your Work

Martin Luther was approached by a working man who wanted to know how he could serve God. Luther asked him, "What is your work now?" The man ...

Measuring Time by Opportunities, Not by the Clock

Gregory Spencer writes in Awakening the Quieter Virtues:

One of the louder virtues in American culture is efficiency. It's what makes the clock of ...

Studs Terkel on Work

How do you feel about your job? Studs Terkel, the famous Chicago author, interviewed hundreds of people about their jobs and recorded what they said in ...

Photojournalist Decides It's Time to Focus on Family

For sixteen years, Lo Scalzo served as a photojournalist for U.S. News and World Report. He covered assignments in more than 60 countries, winning countless ...