The Answer to Suffering Is Personal

The answer to suffering cannot just be an abstract idea, because this isn't an abstract issue; it's a personal issue. It requires a personal response. ...

Bubbles Help Scuba Diver Out of Darkness

I have never been scuba diving, but I'm told that it's a blast. Strapping on those life tanks and exploring the water world below sounds like ...

Corrie ten Boom Learns to Trust her Father

In her book The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom tells of an event that took place when she was 10 or 12 years old as she traveled with her father on a train ...

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy": The Meaning of Life

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a space comedy about a human and an alien who hitch a ride with a spacecraft just before the Earth is destroyed. ...

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 ...

The Right Questions Led to DNA Discovery

It's true that in blundering about, we struck gold, but the fact remains we were looking for gold—asking the right questions.

—Francis ...

Woman Distracted by Giant Ribbon

When it comes to our attitude toward God in worship, I have often found Christians to be like the woman in the Lexus TV commercial. On Christmas morning, ...

Baron Von Hugel on Mystery

"The deeper we get into reality, the more numerous will be the questions we cannot answer."

—Author and theologian Baron Von Hugel (1852-1925)

The World's Easiest Trivia Quiz

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

3) From which animal do we get catgut?

4) In which month do Russians celebrate ...

"War and Peace": Knowing Right and Doing Wrong

War and Peace is based on Leo Tolstoy's classic novel. With the backdrop of Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Russia in the early 1800s, a variety ...