"Beauty and the Beast": Sacrificial Love

Beauty and the Beast, a Walt Disney animated movie, tells the story of a beautiful French girl, Belle, who finds the love of Beast, a prince condemned ...

Paul Simon: What God Requires

In a Rolling Stone interview, musician Paul Simon offers his thoughts on what God requires of us:

The only thing that God requires from us is to enjoy ...

Saved from Danger by Love

Several years ago my wife, Kathy, and a friend gathered up their kids and made a trip to the St. Louis Zoo. A new attraction had just opened called "Big ...

Wife Taken for Granted Too Long

A man accompanied his friend home for dinner and was impressed by the way he entered his house, asked his wife how her day went, and told her she looked ...

"Pay It Forward": Exponential Kindness

Pay It Forward is a movie about a seventh grader's ingenious plan to make a difference in the world. On the first day of school, Trevor McKinney (played ...

"It's a Wonderful Life": Supportive Fellowship

The movie It's a Wonderful Life celebrates one man's extraordinary generosity. George Bailey, the proprietor of a building and loan institution, ...

Costly Devotion

One day in the spring of 2001, Ken Waters awakened in his own bed for the first time in 19 years. Nineteen years ago Ken Waters was sentenced to life ...

Love Letter from God

Many years ago, a doting groom penned a love letter to his bride. Stationed at a California military base thousands of miles away from his wife, James ...

Giving a Bum a Hug

I walked down Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. There was a filthy bum, covered with soot from head to toe. He had a huge beard. I'll never forget ...

Bono and Helms Model Acceptance

In a June 2001 column, religion columnist Terry Mattingly writes:

As lunch ended in the ornate U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee conference room, ...