Baseball All-Star Ozzie Smith: Wrapped in Encouragement

Ozzie Smith, a 15-time National League All-Star, is considered by many to be the greatest shortstop of all time. On July 28, 2002, he was inducted into ...

Quecreek Miners Kept Each Other Alive

In what the news called "The Miracle at Quecreek," nine miners trapped for three days 240 feet underground in a water-filled mine shaft "decided ...

Community Brings Student Out of Coma

Richard Kidd, staff pastor at Kempsville Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia, tells this story:

When I was in college, a group of us met together ...

Daughter Encourages Mountain-Climbing Father

Idaho businessman Don Bennett was the first amputee to climb to the summit of Mount Rainier. That's 14,410 feet, on one leg and two crutches!

During ...

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 ...

Linebacker Chris Spielman Helps Wife

When Chris Spielman played for the Buffalo Bills, he was everything a middle linebacker should be: tough, strong and smart, with passion, total commitment, ...

God at Our Side

One of the most moving passages in English literature comes towards the end of Charles Dickens's Tale of Two Cities, a story of the French revolution. ...

Jesse Owens Values German's Encouragement

Jesse Owens seemed sure to win the long jump at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Germany. Just the year before, he had set three world records in one ...

TV "Survivor" Needs Church

Each Wednesday night this summer, 26 million Americans tuned in to watch the CBS program "Survivor." One of the 16 castaways attempting to be ...

Body of Christ

After an accident in which she lost her arm, a girl named Jamie refused to go to school or church for an entire year. Finally the young teen thought she ...