Teamwork Saves a Life

Three thousand frightening feet above the ground, Soviet sport parachutist Yuri Belenko realized he was in trouble. His main chute had malfunctioned, ...

Jenny Thompson's Gold-Medal Teamwork

Jenny Thompson is a decorated American woman when it comes to Olympic competition. She has won ten Olympic medals in swimming. Eight of those ten medals ...

Accomplishing the impossible

The University of California at Berkley took on an impossible assignment. It agreed to coordinate an international effort to locate extra-terrestrial ...

Not All Composers Make Good Conductors

He wanted to conduct. His conducting style, however, was idiosyncratic. During soft passages he'd crouch extremely low. For loud sections, he'd ...

A Prayer to the Educator

O Educator, be gracious to thy children, O Educator, Father, Guide of Israel, Son and Father, both one, Lord. Give to us, who follow thy command, to fulfill ...

Only God's Instrument

Your own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God--but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work.

Rejoice if you feel that ...

Gifts Grow through Practice

Gifts are not necessarily mature at the time of discovery ... they are developed through practice.

The Joy of Gifts

Everything I understand about gifts indicates they are to be enjoyed as well as employed.

Perilous Boasting

Trouble always comes whenever we begin to take credit for any of the gifts of the Spirit, be they gifts of prayer, tongues, prophecy, art, science.

Of Wants and Needs

Faith in God will not get for you everything you may want, but it will get for you what God wants you to have. The unbeliever does not need what he wants: ...