Priority on Marriage

Flight attendants give these instructions to airline passengers: "For those of you traveling with small children, in the event of an oxygen failure, ...

Clarence Thomas Reevaluates Life

In a recent speech, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said his brother's death caused him to reevaluate his own life. Baring his soul, as he often ...

Dedicated to Futility

"One of the things that really attracts me about mountaineering is its total pointlessness. So I've dedicated my life to it."

—Tom ...

Freed from Greed

When a fourth-century desert Egyptian monk named Macarius returned to his monastic cell one day, he found a thief stealing the few possessions he owned. ...

Einstein on Priorities

A student once asked Albert Einstein, "Dr. Einstein, how many feet are there in a mile?" To the utter astonishment of the student, Einstein ...

Choosing Right Course

In December 1995, American Airlines Flight 965 departed from Miami on a regularly scheduled trip to Cali, Columbia. On the landing approach, the pilot ...

How Americans Rank 15 Personal Values

In a New York Times survey, the percentage of those who rated these values as “very important”:

Being responsible for your actions—97 Being in ...

What Really Matters

The question to ask at the end of life's race is not so much "What have I accomplished?" but "Whom have I loved, and how courageously?"

Soft Hearts or Soft Drinks?

Jesus said that where our treasure is, there our heart will be also (Matthew 6:21). If our spending patterns, then, are an indicator of where our heart ...

Giving Back the Gift

People have often said, "You could have made it in the secular music world--why didn't you pursue that?" But I'm not interested. Something ...