Freedom over Safety

In his book The Will to Live On, Herman Wouk tells of a meeting he had with modern Israel's first president, David Ben-Gurion, and how Ben-Gurion ...

Brad Pitt on Freedom

In Rolling Stone, Chris Heath discusses religion with mega-movie star Brad Pitt:

There is one subject he refers to time and time again, and that is religion. ...

Freedom of Forgiveness

Wayne Messmer is no stranger to Chicago sports fans. For two decades the 49-year-old Messmer has been a public address announcer and national anthem singer ...

Waiting for a Savior

In his book, Detours: Sometimes Rough Roads Lead to Right Places, Clark Cothern tells of a Christmas when his family encountered an unexpected house guest. ...

Freed from Greed

When a fourth-century desert Egyptian monk named Macarius returned to his monastic cell one day, he found a thief stealing the few possessions he owned. ...

Difficulty of Leaving Old Life

For eleven years a man named Merhan Karimi Nasseri was a man without a country. For eleven years he lived in a Paris airport. He had no passport. He had ...

A Law That Brings Freedom

In The Mennonite Brethren Herald (2-19-99), Jim Holm writes:

When I was in third grade, I was condemned to live under a law—the law of near-sightedness. ...

Freedom of the Air

When you stand beside a 747 jet on the runway, its massive weight and size makes it seem incapable of breaking the holds of gravity.

But when the power ...

Taking Captive the Captives

Eating lunch at a small cafe, Mark Reed of Camarillo, California, saw a sparrow hop through the open door and peck at the crumbs near his table. When ...

Human Drama Gone Awry

According to most philosophers, God in making the world enslaved it. According to Christianity, in making it, He set it free. God had written not so much ...