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Tom Pritchard kept a vegetable garden behind his house in Muncie, Indiana, for thirty-seven years. Straight rows, clean furrows, everything measured with string and stakes....
In September 1838, a twenty-year-old man stepped off a train in New York City wearing a borrowed sailor's uniform and carrying forged papers. Frederick Bailey...
In 1660, John Bunyan was locked inside Bedford County Gaol for the crime of preaching without a license. The cell was cramped, damp, and dark....
A few years back, I found myself on a small boat, navigating the turbulent waters of a lake during an unexpected storm. The wind howled like a wild animal, and the waves thrashed against the hull, threatening to pull us...
In 1577, Spanish friar John of the Cross was seized by his own religious brothers and dragged to a windowless cell in Toledo. For nine...
On April 19, 1956, Grace Kelly stood aboard the SS Constitution as it pulled into the harbor of Monaco. Behind her lay everything she had...
In March 1748, a violent storm nearly sank the slave trading ship *Greyhound* off the coast of Ireland. John Newton, a profane and reckless young...
In April 1916, Ernest Shackleton stood on the rocky shore of Elephant Island and made a promise to his twenty-two stranded men: "I will come...
In the closing pages of Charles Dickens' *A Tale of Two Cities*, the dissolute lawyer Sydney Carton walks through the streets of Paris on the...
In June 1939, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stood on the docks of New York City with every reason to stay. Friends at Union Theological Seminary had arranged...
In 386 AD, a brilliant young professor sat weeping beneath a fig tree in a Milan garden. Augustine of Hippo had spent sixteen years running...
In 2013, researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden made a remarkable discovery. Dr. Bjorn Vickhoff and his team attached heart monitors to members...
I remember a remarkable story about a dear woman in our community named Clara. Clara lived alone in a modest apartment, her days often marked by silence and stillness. But every Sunday, she would arrive at church, her eyes bright,...
In November 1855, Scottish missionary David Livingstone paddled a canoe down the Zambezi River in southern Africa. He had heard the indigenous Kololo people speak...
In 1943, British officer Eric Lomax was captured by the Japanese army and forced to labor on the Burma-Thailand railway. When his captors discovered he...
For three months, Brian Hernandez ignored the tightness in his chest. He told his wife it was stress from the new job. He skipped his...
In February 2018, a group of hikers on Oregon's Mount Hood lost their trail in a sudden whiteout. Temperatures plunged. Their GPS failed. For six...
In 2018, a youth pastor in Birmingham, Alabama named Derek Hayes took his students to a massive Christian conference. When they arrived, volunteers handed out...
In the heart of California, nestled among oak trees and sun-drenched hills, stands a church that has embraced a bold vision of stewardship—a vision shaped by the teachings of Christ. This is not just any congregation; this is a living...
In recent years, I’ve found myself reflecting on the story of a small town in America that became a striking example of the challenges and opportunities presented by political division. As tensions rose within the community—neighbors pitted against neighbors over...
In June 2018, twelve boys from the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach became trapped deep inside the Tham Luang cave system in northern...
When Sony engineers designed the WH-1000XM5 noise-canceling headphones, they solved a problem with a counterintuitive method. To eliminate the roar of a jet engine or...
Imagine a vibrant community garden, nestled in the heart of a bustling city. Each plant represents a different story, a unique background, and a distinct culture—some are tall and proud sunflowers, while others are delicate, fragrant herbs. At first glance,...
In 1896, famine swept across western India, leaving thousands of child widows and orphans starving along the roads of Maharashtra. Pandita Ramabai, a Sanskrit scholar...