Every Contact Leaves a Trace

In his beautiful TEDx talk, John Sutherland, an officer in London's police department, explains a principle in forensic science called Locard's ...

Man Trapped Inside ATM Cries for Help to Customers

A visitor to a Bank of America in Corpus Christi experienced a rather rough afternoon.

He was a contractor, there to install a lock on the bank's service ...

Online Ad Seeks "Generic Dad" for Barbecue Party

A Craiglist ad gained internet fame after a group of friends in their twenties posted a request for a "generic" dad to barbecue burgers and ...

We Long for 'The Village' Connection We Never Had

Author Bunmi Laditan wrote a powerful essay a few years back called "I Miss the Village." In it she says that she goes throughout her everyday ...

Called to Be a Tugboat, Not a Cruise Ship

Aircraft carriers and cruise ships sail on blue oceans with immense reserves of power and degrees of freedom. One sort of ocean-going vessel is devoted ...

Fishermen Risk Lives To Rescue Whale

In December 2016, Legacy, a small fishing boat cruising near Bodega Bay, California ran into a whale entangled by crab pots. The three fisherman on Legacy ...

New York City Photographer Learns How to Look

David Finn, an acclaimed professional photographer and lifelong New Yorker, wrote a fascinating book, How to Look At Everything. Finn recounts how he ...

Volunteer Learns to Serve Without Expectations

Writing in Real Simple magazine, author Karen Weese observes how it's easy to volunteer when the people we help are grateful. It's not so easy ...

God Makes Our Next Door Neighbor

G. K. Chesterton once quipped, "We make our friends; we make our enemies, but God makes our next door neighbor. … We have to love our neighbor ...

What Happens When We Practice Hospitality

In her book Openness Unhindered, Rosaria Butterfield reminds us that the point of hospitality in the home is fellowship, not entertainment. Butterfield ...