Godly Decisions Determine our Destiny

In 1943, a young pastor was offered the opportunity to take over a popular Gospel Radio program called Songs in the Night. Since the cost of keeping the ...

We Give Up Our New Year's Resolution as Early as Mid-January

In a survey conducted by NPR and The Marist Poll last November, almost half of all American adults planned to make New Year’s resolutions. Leading ...

Skier Falls through Ice, But Firefighters Were Prepared

In December 2018, all of the approximately 400 St. Paul firefighters trained for ice rescues. The department’s firefighters usually respond to a ...

Gut Health Instrumental in Shaping Thought Patterns

Have you made a gut decision? Or have you experienced a gut check moment? Have you ever made a decision going with your gut? According to reporting from ...

The Mystery of Guidance

Often I have not known where I was going until I was already there. I have had my share of desires and goals, but my life has come to me or I have gone ...

The Quiet Work of God's Guidance

In his novel Jayber Crow, the Kentucky farmer and writer Wendell Berry has his character Jayber talk about the quiet work of God's guidance in our lives: ...

New Year's Resolutions Help Sharpen Our Focus

In his book A Journey to Bethlehem, Jason Soroski offers the following definitions of a resolution:

Resolution. Webster defines the word as being "marked ...

Driver Leads Police in a Chase Because of His 'Bucket List'

"The world is peppered with people who can coax small seeds of inspiration into richly flowering ideas that put humankind on a better path. And then there's ...

John Mellancamp Needs Time Before Death

At the age of 65, musician John Mellencamp reflected on "what's left" for him in life. Mellencamp said, "I intend to make my ending ...

When Life Moves From 'Plan A' to 'Plan B'

A special report on This American Life follows the lives of several people currently living what they unequivocally call "Plan B." Host Ira Glass expounds ...