"Dead Poets Society": Seize the Day

The movie Dead Poets Society is about a controversial English teacher, John Keating, who shakes up a New England prep school for boys in the 1950s. While ...

Chosen to Clap and Cheer

Jamie Scott tried out for the play at his elementary school. He had his heart set on being one of the main characters, but his mother feared he would ...

"Superman": Destiny

In one scene of the movie Superman, Clark Kent is upset after a football game in which he was reduced to being a manager. He possesses supernatural powers ...

"Hoosiers": Taking Risks on Others

The movie Hoosiers tells the Cinderella story of a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship. One important character, ...

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 ...