Former Inmate Gets Job Back After DNA Exoneration

Nevest Coleman resumed his job as a groundskeeper for the Chicago White Sox after an unexpected hiatus left him unavailable to work-for 23 years. In 1994, ...

Hungry Eight-Year-Old Drives to McDonald's

What would you do for a cheeseburger?

If you're an eight-year-old Ohio boy whose parents have already gone to bed, then you might just watch some YouTube ...

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" Celebrates 40 Years

Charles Schulz's A Charlie Brown Christmas celebrated its 40th anniversary on December 1, 2005. However, if TV producers had had their way in 1965, ...

C. S. Lewis' Last Letter about Narnia

Less than one month before he died in 1963, C. S. Lewis wrote the following letter to a young girl who wanted to know if any other Narnia books were going ...

Max Lucado's Prayer in Aftermath of Terrorism

At the September 15, 2001, satellite broadcast of "America Prays," author Max Lucado read the following prayer that he wrote in response to ...

The Rewards of Repentance

Lloyd H. Steffen wrote in The Christian Century how when King Frederick II, an eighteenth-century king of Prussia, was visiting a prison in Berlin, the ...

The Power of Sacrifice

The willing sacrifice of the innocent is the most powerful answer yet conceived by God or man to insolent tyranny.

Returning to "Go"

The oft-enjoyed game of "Monopoly" has one card that is discovered occasionally when someone lands on "Chance": "Return to 'Go'-collect ...

All Your Fault

"You were right. Talking through the problem brought us to an agreement--that it's all YOUR fault."

Egg on His Face

He looked like the consummate professional--young, well-dressed, well-groomed. He exuded intelligence, experience, and confidence. I was standing by the ...