Missing Extreme Makeover Has Tragic Consequences

A lawsuit filed against the producers of the hit TV show Extreme Makeover begins with the line, "Deleese Williams is considered ugly." The remaining ...

Faithfulness, Not Success

In 1940, Clarence Jordan founded Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia, as a haven for racial unity and cooperation. In 1954, the Ku Klux Klan burned every ...

"Thirteen Conversations About One Thing": No Reason for Life's Trials?

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing follows four separate characters who face unexpected trials and setbacks. They are forced into making difficult ...

Teenager Hardened by Lack of Approval

Scott Larson writes in “A Place for Skeptics”:

I remember being approached by a 16-year-old boy named Ricky after I wrapped up my first speaking ...

Schoolteacher Started African Revival

In 1935, Blasio Kugosi, a schoolteacher in Rwanda, Central Africa, was deeply discouraged by the lack of life in the church and the powerlessness of his ...

Red Cross Founder Motivated by War's Devastation

Henri Dunant was a wealthy 19th century Swiss banker. He was sent to Paris by the Swiss government to work on a business deal with Napoleon. He arrived ...

Actor Eric Close Renews Commitment to Christ

Eric Close, [From The Mulligan, Suits, American Sniper] knows the importance of reaching young people early. He found faith in God as a student at a Christian ...

Barth Challenges Bonhoeffer to Return to Germany

In 1933, Karl Barth wrote his discouraged colleague Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Disgusted with the German Christian response to Hitler, Bonhoeffer had fled Germany ...

"Shawshank Redemption": Shielded by Peace

In the feature film The Shawshank Redemption, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), tells the story of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins)—a ...

Success after Discouragement

"My heart is sunk…. It seemed to me I should never have any success among the Indians. My soul was weary of my life; I longed for death, beyond measure." ...