Standing for What's Right

Martin Niemoeller, a World War I hero in Germany, was imprisoned for eight years by Hitler. He spent time in prisons and concentration camps, including ...

Courageous Fishers of Men

The movie, The Perfect Storm, well described the dangers of the fishing industry through the eyes of the crew of the fishing boat, the Andrea Gail.

Out ...

Discipleship Is Serious Business

Service in the armed forces of the United States is more than free tourism or government-funded education. It is perilous duty in service to a nation ...

A Marine's Astonishing Thankfulness

Retired U.S. Marine Corps General Charles Krulak tells of the time when he as a nonbeliever was first confronted with the testimony of a person committed ...

What Provokes Change

Danny Cox, a former jet pilot turned business leader, tells his readers in Seize the Day that when jet fighters were first invented, they "flew much ...

Ulysses S. Grant on Decisions

Ulysses S. Grant used to say he knew officers who would risk their lives in battle, but who lacked "the moral courage" to make decisions for ...

Power of Curiosity

In For the Time Being, Pulitzer Prize winning author Annie Dillard writes:

In Highland New Guinea, now Papua New Guinea, a British district officer named ...

Freedom over Safety

In his book The Will to Live On, Herman Wouk tells of a meeting he had with modern Israel's first president, David Ben-Gurion, and how Ben-Gurion ...

Freedom of Forgiveness

Wayne Messmer is no stranger to Chicago sports fans. For two decades the 49-year-old Messmer has been a public address announcer and national anthem singer ...

Runaway Courage

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849. She immediately became involved in the abolitionist movement, organizing meetings, speaking against slavery, ...