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 ...

Average U.S. Worker Stays at Same Job 4.4 Years

According to recent statistics, the median number of years a U.S. worker has been in his or her current job is just 4.1, down sharply since the 1970s. ...

Marathoner Takes Short-cut to 'Victory'

Kendall Schler of Columbia, Mo. was the first to cross the finish line at the GO! St. Louis Marathon. Schler had her photo taken with Jackie Joyner-Kersee ...

The Origin of 'Skin in the Game'

According to one story (which may be a legend), in the late 1960s, the now-iconic investor Warren Buffet pried seed money for his very first stock fund ...

Sacred Pilgrimages on the Rise

According to research there is a noticeable decline in organized religion, but religious pilgrimages are more popular than ever. At the First International ...

The Persistent Inventor of Sliced Bread

For nearly 3,000 years, we've eaten bread, but it took the creative efforts of one man to revolutionize the way we eat it. In the early 1900's ...

Superhero Films Don't Focus on Training

Around the globe, people love superhero films. Batman, Iron Man, Thor, Superman, Spider-Man, Captain America … the list goes on. Almost all of ...

Two Brothers Give Their Lives to Bring the Gospel

Benjamin Kwashi, a Christian leader from Jos, Nigeria, tells the following story of how the gospel came to his part of the country:

Missionaries came to ...

Oxford Study: ‘Falling in Love Costs You Friends’

According to a study from Oxford University, on average, "Falling in love comes at the cost of losing two close friends." The data suggests ...

Starbucks' Junkies Get Coffee in Superstorm

On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy (unofficially known as "Superstorm Sandy") slammed into the coast of the Northeastern United States. The ...