America's First Lighthouse Continues to Burn Bright

Boston Light, America's first lighthouse, just celebrated its 300th birthday—but Sally Snowman will be the first to let you know some more specifics ...

Six Ways People Find Meaning in Work

American essayist, historian, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau wrote: "It is not enough to be industrious. So are the ants." The British ...

Navy Pilot Saved by Tiny Light-Emitting Organisms

In February 1954, a navy pilot set out on a night-training mission from a carrier off the coast of Japan. While he was taking off in stormy weather, his ...

Is This Library in Vermont? Or Canada? (Or Both?)

Going back and forth between the United States and Canada requires a passport and customs check, right? Usually, but one exception manifests itself in ...

Two Minutes to Live

What if I told you that walking two minutes could reduce your mortality risk? According to The New York Times, a new study (fascinatingly titled "Light-Intensity ...

The Secret to Effective Tightrope Walking

There's a special word for those tightrope walkers who display amazing feats of balance on a high wire—they're called funambulists. In his ...

Are You a ‘Functional Atheist’ In Public?

In an interview with Christianity Today, Alexia Salvatierra—a pastor and key immigration reformer in the U.S.—commented on what it takes to ...

Christian Life Is a Journey, Not an Arrival

It has been called the greatest rescue mission of World War II.

Late in that war, American bombers were sent on dangerous missions over southern Europe ...

Keep Moving

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes ...

Living Under Sealed Orders

If you've ever been in the military, you know about traveling under sealed orders. Your orders say go to this point and fly to this place, or take ...