Working without Earthly Reward

The designer of the famous yellow smiley face received a mere $45 for his work. Harvey Ball, a Massachusetts commercial artist, created the simple yellow ...

Debt-Ridden Couple Learns to Give First to God

In a sermon on giving, Dave Ferguson, pastor of Community Christian Church in Naperville, Illinois, read this letter from Jeff and Julie, who attend the ...

Commitment Means Work

Though skeptical of his teenage son's newfound determination to build bulging muscles, one father followed his teenager to the store's weight-lifting ...

Retirees' Needs

Ralph Warner, author of Get a Life: You Don't Need a Million to Retire Well, urges that people looking toward retirement think about more than financial ...

"Antz": Search for Significance

In an early scene from the movie Antz, the camera pans down from a far away view of a big city to blades of grass to below the grass and into a room. ...

Tom Hanks Encourages Fellow Actor

Frank Darabont, director of The Green Mile, reflects on Tom Hanks' selfless commitment to helping rising actor Michael Duncan achieve his best:

Fifteen, ...

Motivational Speeches Fail

According to USA Today, firms are spending billions of dollars to fire up workers—with little results. The article states:

There has been exhaustive ...

"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 ...

John Wooden's Individual Achievement

Legendary basketball coach John Wooden turned 90 on October 14, 2000. The Wizard of Westwood led his UCLA men's basketball teams to ten national championships—seven ...

Building God's Kingdom

The story is told of the foreman on a building site who asks one of the builders what he is doing. The builder replies, "I'm breaking rocks." ...