Restaurant Rewards Well Behaved Family

Ever seen a "Well Behaved Kids" discount on your meal receipt? Neither had the King family of Washington state. While out to dinner with their ...

The Deteriorating Standards of Sex on TV

In 1896, a film called The Kiss outraged moral guardians by showing a couple stealing a quick kiss. "Absolutely disgusting," said one critic. ...

Timeline Shows How Luxuries Become Necessities

An article from The Atlantic observed that over the past 100 years we have often turned yesterday's luxury products into today's necessities.

Similarities in Brain Responses to Religious Icons and Consumer Goods

Neurologists [once] scanned the brains of people of faith as they recalled and reexperienced the times they felt close to God, either in prayer, worship, ...

The Importance of Expecting Our Departure

Prepare your heart for your departure. If you are wise, you will expect it every hour.

—Saint Isaac the Syrian, seventh century mystic

Studs Terkel on Work

How do you feel about your job? Studs Terkel, the famous Chicago author, interviewed hundreds of people about their jobs and recorded what they said in ...

Choices Make Us One of Two Creatures

Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was ...

Baseball Star Albert Pujols: Jesus Satisfies My Soul Forever"

Albert Pujols, the first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, is a World Series champ, an eight-time All Star, the recipient of three National League ...

Grace Should Encourage a Life Well-lived

In his best-selling book The Reason for God, Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian in Manhattan, shares the story of a woman in his congregation ...

Comedian Reflects on Our Constant Ingratitude

Editor's Note: The segment referenced in this illustration contains a moment where God's name is taken in vain. With that in mind, you might not ...