The Power of Encouragement

For years William Wilberforce pushed Britain's Parliament to abolish slavery. Discouraged, he was about to give up. His elderly friend, John Wesley, ...

God Hasn't Died

Martin Luther once was so depressed over a prolonged period that one day his wife came downstairs wearing all black.

Martin Luther said, "Who died?"

Dealing with Failure

The way we deal with failure can determine how we sustain motivation.

Pessimists and Idealists

Every age suffers its pessimists; every age needs its idealists.

A Pessimistic Compliment

Donn Moomaw is sort of a larger-than-life person, so he has a lot of larger-than-life stories that are really funny. This is true. When he was preaching ...

A Pat on the Back Works Best

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

Climbing El Capitan with a Little Help

In the summer of 1989, Mark Wellman, a paraplegic, gained national recognition by climbing the sheer granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. ...

All Are to Be Loved

Disturbers are to be rebuked, the low-spirited to be encouraged, the infirm to be supported, objectors confuted, the treacherous guarded against, the ...

America's Sad New Day

This is for me the moment when the new America began: I was at a graduation ceremony. ... It was 1971 or 1972. One by one a stream of black-robed students ...

We Need Help to Sing

In Witnesses of a Third Way: A Fresh Look at Evangelism, Robert Neff's chapter includes this story about visiting a church service: "It was one ...