U.S. Relay Teams Failed to Pass the Baton

It's the sound no relay runner wants to hear: Ping. Ping. Ping. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the United States men's and women's 4x100-meter ...

Parents' Gift to Their Son: Two Message Stones

Os Guinness writes in “Impossible People”:

I grew up in a China that had been ravaged by two centuries of European and American adventuring, ...

Ordinary Volunteer Finds Her Leadership Gift

Leadership coach Karen Miller tells the following story about how she and her husband needed to identify and develop new leaders for a new church plant: ...

Inuit Hunters Losing Ability to Read Surroundings

The small island of Igloolik, in northern Canada is a bewildering place in the winter. The average temperature hovers at about 20 degrees below zero, ...

Church Starts a Subway Franchise to Provide Jobs

A church in Buffalo, New York has found a unique way to bless its local community—open a Subway franchise in its building. In a riff off the popular ...

Athletes and Leaders Need a Strong Core

Tim Irwin writes in “Impact: Great Leadership Changes Everything”:

In working with thousands of leaders over many years, I have observed that ...

Ill-Equipped Ships Run into Disaster

In May 1845, two Royal Navy ships, HMS Terror and Erebus, embarked from London on a voyage with ambitious aims. The mission would forge a passage through ...

Superhero Films Don't Focus on Training

Around the globe, people love superhero films. Batman, Iron Man, Thor, Superman, Spider-Man, Captain America … the list goes on. Almost all of ...

‘Inefficient’ Does Not Mean ‘Waste of Time’

"One could say my Ph.D. in English and American literature has garnered me exactly nothing in terms of practical, worldly rewards …" ...

The Huge Growth of High-Risk Sports

An article in More Intelligent Life magazine explores how dangerous, risk-taking activities are becoming a big business. The article notes, "Adrenaline ...