"The Straight Story": Yearning for Reconciliation

The movie The Straight Story is based on a true story and chronicles the pilgrimage of a 73 year-old man to mend a broken relationship with his brother, ...

Be Shaped by the Godly

When you meet a man or woman who puts Jesus Christ first, knit that one to your soul.

Paying Others to Apologize

"It's much easier for a Westerner to say 'sorry' than compared with a Chinese," claims Zhou Xiaozheng, a sociology professor at ...

POW Dies for Friends

In his moving book, Miracle on the River Kwai, Ernest Gordon tells his story of life as a Japanese prisoner of war among the men building the infamous ...

Unique Call of Scripture

In the movie, The Hurricane, based on real events, Denzel Washington plays boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a man whose dreams of winning the ...

Miscommunication in Writing

My farmer husband Larry isn't a good bachelor. So whenever I'm gone over noon, I set the table and leave dinner in the oven. That was the case ...

Coldness Toward Spouse

An old man was lying on his deathbed. He had only hours to live when he suddenly smelled chocolate chip cookies. He loved chocolate chip cookies more ...

Madonna's View of Courtship

According to pop singer/actress Madonna: "You really have to get to know someone. Courtship, the whole idea of courtship, is such a boring, dated ...

At Death, What Really Matters

In LeadershipJournal.net, Kevin Miller writes:

I watched a man die last night. Hospice Room 436 lay unusually quiet—except for labored breathing, ...

Forgiving Those Who Hurt Us

Writer William Nix shares this story in his book Character Works:

Mark Gagnon worked as a clerk in the North Hampton, Massachusetts, store owned by James ...