"Men in Black": Worth the Sacrifice

Men in Black is a comedy about two special agents who work for Men in Black, an underground agency created to protect earth from tyrant extraterrestrials. ...

Doctor Risks Himself to Advance Medicine

Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane was the chief surgeon of Kane Summit Hospital in New York City and had practiced his specialty for 37 years. He was convinced ...

Companionship of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan

On the advice of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, the parents of Helen Keller sent for a teacher from the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Leaders and Followers at Mount Everest

The summit of Mount Everest in the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal towers 29,035 feet above sea level. On May 29, 1953, two men were the first to reach its ...

"Spider-Man": Power Demands Responsibility

Before Peter Parker, the super-hero Spider-Man, went public with his newfound superpowers, he had a heart-to-heart conversation with his Uncle Ben. Sitting ...

How Runners Finish Strong

In Good to Great, Jim Collins writes:

The coaching staff of a high school cross-country running team got together for dinner after winning its second state ...

Serving by Cleaning Shoes

The late Dawson Trotman, founder of The Navigators, was visiting Taiwan on one of his overseas trips. During the visit he hiked with a Taiwanese pastor ...

POW Camp Survivor on Difference Between Optimism and Faith

Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great, interviewed Admiral Jim Stockdale, the highest-ranking officer in the Hanoi Hilton prisoner of war camp during ...

Daughter Encourages Mountain-Climbing Father

Idaho businessman Don Bennett was the first amputee to climb to the summit of Mount Rainier. That's 14,410 feet, on one leg and two crutches!

During ...

Ministry Means Problems

One big demoralizer in ministry is not having enough people to do the work. A few years ago at Leadership journal, we'd been short-staffed for three ...