Churchill Calls Churches to Contribute

During the darkest hours of World War II, Britain faced a critical shortage of silver for the war industries. Informed of the crisis, Winston Churchill ...

No Excuses for Doing Nothing

In response to those who make excuses why they cannot serve the Lord, Rick Warren writes:

Abraham was old, Jacob was insecure, Leah was unattractive, Joseph ...

Florence Nightingale's Call to Serve

When Florence Nightingale and her nurses showed up in the British war hospitals at Scutari, on the Crimean front, conditions were worse than they had ...

Soldiers March Proudly Through Hurricane Isabel

For a week Washington, D.C., meteorologists kept their eye on Hurricane Isabel as she moved in a northwesterly direction from the Southern Atlantic. Boasting ...

"Emperor's Club": Ambition Without Contribution Is Insignificant

In the movie Emperor's Club Kevin Cline portrays an instructor of Western civilization in a prestigious private school. It is the first day of class, ...

Haydn's Call to Refresh Others Through Music

Classical Composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) said:

Often when I was wrestling with obstacles of every kind, when my physical and mental strength alike ...

The Poor Need Joy

Mother Teresa was sometimes challenged about the long-term effects of her humanitarian ministry. For example, she was asked, "Why give people fish ...

Barth Challenges Bonhoeffer to Return to Germany

In 1933, Karl Barth wrote his discouraged colleague Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Disgusted with the German Christian response to Hitler, Bonhoeffer had fled Germany ...

Pleasing Only the President

In the early 1990s when President George Bush had fiery John Sununu as his White House chief of staff, a reporter asked Sununu if his job was difficult. ...

Stewardship and the Swiss Watchmaker Slogan

Known for their luxury watches, Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe has also become well-known for its clever advertising slogan: "You never actually ...