Homeowners Remove Alarm Clock from Inside Wall after 13 Years

Homeowner Jerry Lynn was trying to figure out where he should put a hole in his wall for a TV wire. He went up to the second floor of his house and lowered ...

Youth Feel Pressured to Maintain Happiness Façade

Donna Freitas in her thought-provoking book The Happiness Effect, argues that the real downside of social media is that it demands fake happiness. She ...

Web Search Stats Show Our Real Thoughts

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a former data scientist at Google, used his data-analysis skills to learn what was really on Americans' minds. The result, ...

Angels Are Like Hummingbirds, You Have to Have Eyes to See Them

Scott McKnight writes in “The Hum of Angels”:

I was visiting a bird-supplies store when I mentioned to the owner that my wife and I had owned ...

Scientific Studies on the Consequences of Secrets

The Bible has a lot to say about confession of sin and confessing our needs to one another. Harboring deep and painful secrets is damaging spiritually, ...

Search for Wedding Ring Tossed Out In Trash

What would you do if your wedding band ended up in a garbage truck? Do you make arrangements to get it replaced or search through literally tons of trash? ...

Painting Once Worth $26 Now Estimated at $26 Million

If anything epitomizes the current cultural fascination with uncovering antique treasures, it would have to be the story about the discovery of an original ...

A Pearl of (Very) Great Price

A tourism officer in the Philippines unveiled a family treasure: a 75-pound pearl. The officer, Aileen Cynthia Maggay-Amurao, received the pearl from ...

A 'Master' of Disguise

A bank in Virginia dealt with a robber who did manage to make off with some cash—but who also experienced some issues with his disguise. The problem ...

Life Is Always Rolling

With profundity and simplicity Sarah Drew gave a commencement address. Ms. Drew, a 2002 graduate of the University of Virginia, went on to achieve Hollywood ...