Must-Have Christmas Gifts by Year

The website Statistic Brain has tracked the "must-have Christmas gift" for the past few decades. In 1983 everyone had to have a cabbage patch doll. In ...

Gratitude Is the Natural Response of a Rescue

Imagine you fall off the side of an ocean liner and, not knowing how to swim, begin to drown. Someone on the deck spots you, flailing in the water and ...

Musician Jerry Lee Lewis Ponders the Afterlife

"Jerry Lee Lewis makes no apologies for his life," said Simon Hattenstone in The Guardian newspaper. He was described as "the rock 'n ...

Actor Rob Lowe on Karma

"I try to hold on to the things I believe to be good and true. Good things happen to good people. Karma is real. There is a larger, better plan for ...

A Surprise Invitation to Baseball Hall of Fame

Skye Jethani uses the following personal story to illustrate the beauty of God as a Trinity, a party of love and goodness and power:

Have you ever found ...

Man Tries to Outspend His Gift Card

John Zahl writes in "A Gift (Certificate) That Never Expires”:

A few years ago, a friend and the owner of a local high-end department store ...

How to Get into D.C.'s Hottest Parties

According to The Washington Post, the D.C. party scene is attracting more and more of a Hollywood edge, making it far more star-studded then it's ...

Freed Slave Says, 'I'll Go with You'

There's a story that has been told from Civil War days before America's slaves were freed, about a northerner who went to a slave auction and ...

You vs. Jesus in a Spiritual Marathon

Here's a creative way to illustrate the biblical view of justification by faith, which includes not only receiving forgiveness, but also receiving ...

Odd and Priceless Items Sold on EBay

Since it was founded in 1995, more than 3 billion items have been sold through eBay. Some odd products have been sold on eBay, but occasionally something ...