"Thirteen Conversations About One Thing": No Reason for Life's Trials?

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing follows four separate characters who face unexpected trials and setbacks. They are forced into making difficult ...

Arranged Marriage Is Used by God

In 1931, when my husband Vernon and I were working in Kochi, Japan, I helped at a home for girls. At that time 65 girls from poor families were being ...

Lee Iacocca Illustrates the Bottom Line for Ministry

Finding himself in an elevator with Lee Iacocca, an enthusiastic fan paid a compliment to the Chairman of Chrysler Corporation. See image.

"Mr. Iacocca," ...

Man Dies After 50 Hours of Video Games

That's when Lee sat down at a local Internet café in the southern city of Taegu. He logged in on Wednesday, August 3, and spent the next three ...

Orlando Bloom Wonders What Life Is About

If life isn't about humanity, then tell me what it's all about, because I'd love to know. Money and power aren't what life is about. It ...

"Bourne Identity": Who Am I and Where Am I Going?

In the Bourne Identity, Matt Damon plays Jason Bourne—a CIA agent who has suffered amnesia and is trying to figure out just who exactly he is. The ...

Influential Scientist Believes World Is an Idiot's Tale

Scientist and skeptic Richard Dawkins, in his book River Out of Eden, explains: "The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect ...

Safety Versus Purpose

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

—Philanthropist John Shedd (1850–1926)

Pop Star Moby: "We Need God"

Herman Melville made an impact on the world with his novel Moby Dick. His great-great grandnephew has made an impact on the world with music.

Richard Melville ...

Lighting Director Prepared for Heaven

Pastor Jack Hayford tells this story:

It was a deeply sobering day when I came to Carl's room in the hospital knowing there were only a matter of hours ...