Fake Mud: Authenticity in a Can

Many products are designed to imitate the real thing. There is plastic decking that looks like real wood. Vinyl flooring that appears to be ceramic tile. ...

Doctor Learns Caring Makes the Difference

Rebecca O’Connor says, “When I first saw the horrific images of the Asian tsunami disaster, I was working the night shift at New York Presbyterian ...

George MacDonald on Christ's Sufferings

"The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his." —George MacDonald (1824-1905), ...

Businessman's Life Goal Is to Give Away His Fortune

At 84, Tom White has almost achieved his life's goal—to give away his entire fortune. White is a Boston businessman who has given away $75 million. ...

Study Shows Dogs and Owners Resemble Each Other

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego produced a study showing that people and their dogs often look alike. In the study, a panel of ...

Artist Obsessed with Painting Christ

Early in the 20th century, French painter Georges Rouault gave people a new way to see Jesus. Using layer upon layer of luminous colors and bold black ...

Love Saves Disabled Man from Violence

Al Janssen writes in "The Marriage Masterpiece":

Late one evening, while attending a conference in the German city of Hamburg, I boarded a commuter ...

Boy Offers Grace Through a Valentine

Sonya Reeder writes in an issue of Christian Parenting Today:

One night after supper, [my son] Chase sat down in the living room to begin the task of signing ...

Flight Attendant Serves for Christ's Sake

Author and educator, Howard Hendricks, sat in a plane that was delayed for take off. After a long wait, the passengers became more and more irritated. ...

Trotman Preached by Shining Shoes

In the mountains of Taiwan, I met another Navigator missionary who said he had met Navigators founder Dawson Trotman. "I will never forget Dawson ...