Buddhist Poet Longs for God's Presence

The following Buddhist poem, in the form of a "waka," was written in the 12th century by Saigyo Hoshi after he visited a Shinto Grand Temple: ...

Six Ways Jesus' Birth Changed the World

Children. In the ancient world children were routinely left to die of exposure, particularly if they were girls. Jesus' treatment of and teachings ...

Must-Have Christmas Gifts by Year

The website Statistic Brain has tracked the "must-have Christmas gift" for the past few decades.

In 1983 everyone had to have a cabbage patch ...

Mary and Joseph on Holmes Rahe Stress Scale

The Holmes Rahe scale assigns points to various life stressors. These points are called LCUs or a life change units. Dr. Holmes and Dr. Rahe concluded ...

Tim Keller: Why Christmas Matters

If Jesus didn't come, the story of Christmas is one more moral paradigm to crush you. If Jesus didn't come, I wouldn't want to be anywhere ...

Marathoner Must Know Why He Runs

Long after the sun had set on the Boston Marathon, the official clock turned off, and the crowds had all but gone home, 39 year old Venezuelan, Maickel ...

Christ's Birth Was at Perfect Time

In a debate with the atheist (and now deceased) Christopher Hitchens, William Lane Craig noted how Christ's arrival on earth occurred at the perfect ...

Parents Get Tattoos of Daughter's Birthmark so She Won't Feel Different

18-month-old Honey-Rae Phillips was born with a strawberry rose-red birthmark on her right side, a mark that is growing right along with her. It's ...

The Quiet but Deep Influence of Jesus' Life

In some ways, our biggest challenge in gauging Jesus' influence is that we take for granted the ways in which our world has been shaped by him. For ...

What Gifts do the Ultra-Rich Give?

With Christmas around the corner, many of us have presents on the mind. It's a human universal to give gifts to loved ones, but in the rarified air ...