Our Addiction to Busyness

If you live in America in the 21st century, you've probably had to listen to a lot of people tell you how busy they are. It's become the default ...

We Can't Live Without Hope

Human beings can live for forty days without food, four days without water, and four minutes without air. But we cannot live for four seconds without ...

Famous People on the Meaning of Life

Four psychologists did a study of notable quotations from famous people around the world about the meaning of life. The study analyzed the quotes of 195 ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Admits Frailty and Denial

In April, 2011, Newsweek magazine featured an article about Arnold Schwarzenegger, movie star and former governor of California. Here are some of the ...

John Perkins Reflects on the Uselessness of Fame

According to author and theologian Paul Metzger, one of his greatest living heroes is John Perkins, an African American Christian leader from Mississippi ...

Image of Christ Is Fulfillment of Our Deepest Hungers

Often people have the idea that the image of Christ is something alien to human beings, something strange that God wants to add on to our life, something ...

Depression Eased by Belief in a Caring God

A study by Rush University Medical Center in Chicago found that "belief in a concerned God can improve response to medical treatment" in patients ...

The Conversion of NFL Broadcaster Pat Summerall

For 45 years, Pat Summerall's voice and face spelled football. He anchored CBS and FOX's NFL telecasts (often alongside John Madden) and broadcast ...

Man Desires the Trust of His Homeless Friend

Author and Pastor Matt Woodley writes in a blog post titled "The Happy Homeless Man”:

A little while ago I wandered into the wrong hospital ...

Retired Japanese Detective Devotes Himself to Helping Suicidal Men and Women

In a 2009 article in Time magazine, writer Coco Masters shared a startling statistic: one in five Japanese men and women have seriously considered taking ...