Key Choices in Life

When despair tries to take me under…I choose life.

When I wonder what God could possibly be thinking…I choose trust.

When I desperately want ...

Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord

The funeral for Pastor Bob Russell's father was held on a cold, blustery day in Pennsylvania. The roads were too bad for cars to go to the cemetery ...

Elderly Man Plants Fruit Trees as an Expression of Hope

Hope is always made more real when we see tangible action today that points with credibility to the possibility of a better tomorrow.

In the darkest days ...

"Akeelah and the Bee": Girl Overcomes Her Fears

Akeelah and the Bee is the story of a talented South Los Angeles girl who overcomes her fears and all other obstacles to compete at the National Spelling ...

Positive Attitude Makes for Longer Lifespan

Elderly people who have a negative attitude toward growing old are literally thinking themselves into an early grave. A Reuters News report from a journal ...

Peace Corps Worker Doesn't Fear Disease

Tom Yoder was frustrated. For six months as a Peace Corps volunteer, he'd worked diligently to earn the trust of an African tribe. He was eager to ...

Man Passes Driver's License Test After 271 Failures

Seo Sang-moon figured he would eventually be able to pass his driver’s license examination. And indeed, he did—on his 272nd attempt. After clearing ...

Fire-Walkers Get Burned

At a self-help seminar in Rohrbach, Austria, participants were urged to walk over hot, fiery coals. The purpose of the exercise was to "mobilize ...

Astronaut Aldrin Defines Bravery

"Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline."

—Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon.

"Alive": Hope Amidst Despair

Alive, with Ethan Hawke, is the true story of a Uruguayan rugby team, whose plane crashes in the Andes mountains in 1972. The film portrays the struggle ...