Scared to Death

Is it possible to be scared to death? During the January 17, 1994 Northridge/Los Angeles earthquake, over 100 Californians literally died of fright, according ...

Following Christ without Limits

I have vivid memories as a kid of my father taking me to an auction sale, telling me, "Don't scratch your nose at the wrong time, son." ...

Experiencing God

There is a splendid moment in the movie Jurassic Park, when world-class paleontologist Allen Grant, who has devoted his life to the study of dinosaurs, ...

Waiting Like a Trapeze Flyer

Not long before his death, Henri Nouwen wrote a book called Sabbatical Journeys. He writes about some friends of his who were trapeze artists, called ...

Mushrooms from Heaven

In 1880, a Christian couple, George and Sarah Clarke, purchased the lease for the Pacific Beer Garden.

Promptly dropping the word Beer, the couple added ...

Faith for the Future

Jay Walker, founder and vice-chairman of Priceline.com, says:

You have to believe. In the Internet world, people like to talk, but very few truly believe. ...

Convictions under Fire

You don’t have convictions unless you have been tested.

Hopeless Death of Carl Sagan

Jerry Adler writes in Newsweek:

[Carl] Sagan was fascinated by the phenomenon that educated adults, with the wonders of science manifest all around them, ...

God in a Noisy World

It is easy to say we believe in God as long as we remain in the little world we choose to live in; but get out into the great world of facts, the noisy ...

When the Going Gets Tough ...

When things are going good, it's easy to say, "I'm a man of God." When things are going bad, you have to dig down. Sometimes you want ...