Woman Survives Nine-Story Fall

When does a nine-story fall not kill you? When you make a perfect landing.

What should have been a tragedy for Gloria Jummati turned out quite different. ...

Stranded Mountaineer Saved by Telemarketer

In May 2002, Leonardo Diaz, a Colombian hiker, decided to do some serious mountain climbing with friends. Their goal was to reach the summit of the Nevado ...

St. Louis Cardinal Dies Despite Excellent Physical Appearance

On Saturday, June 22, 2002, the scheduled game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field was cancelled because of an eerie ...

Hope and Health

"Hope does not just motivate people to positive action. It actually has healing power."

So says John Ortberg in his book If You Want to Walk ...

9/11 Pentagon Survivor on Her Purpose

Betty Maxfield, who survived the 9/11 tragedy at the Pentagon, said, "I should've been dead. I was, for some reason, saved. My question now is, ...

C. S. Lewis: War Gives Important Reminder

War does do something to death. It forces us to remember it. The only reason why the cancer at 60 or the paralysis at 75 do not bother us is that we forget ...

Cost of Terrorist Attack

The terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, has cost Americans more than can ever be counted. But by late September, some of those costs were already ...

Fisher of Men

Jens Oveson was fishing for salmon in central Norway's Gaula River when he was swept away by a strong current. Kjell Wilhelmsen, 55, spotted the man's ...

What Time I Have Left

Chuck Colson tells the following story of visiting Mississippi's Parchman Prison:

Most of the death row inmates were in their bunks wrapped in blankets, ...

Life and Death Urgency

Sitting on the hard wooden bleachers at Fort Benning while attending the United States Army Airborne School, we prepared for our first parachute jump. ...