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The Update You Didn't Think You Needed

In 2023, Apple released something new called a Rapid Security Response — a tiny software patch pushed to every iPhone with unusual urgency. No new...

Universalobedience

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The Courage to Be Known

In Victor Hugo's *Les Misérables*, Jean Valjean has done what most of us dream of — he has completely reinvented himself. The former convict is...

Universalcourage

238 words

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The Rescue That Rewrote the Textbooks

On July 4, 2018, twelve boys from the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach sat trapped in the flooded chambers of Tham Luang cave...

Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40Universal

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The Strength to Step Back

In the summer of 2021, the world watched as Simone Biles — the most decorated gymnast in history — withdrew from multiple events at the...

Universalpatience

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The Race They Said She Couldn't Run

In April 1967, twenty-year-old Kathrine Switzer pinned bib number 261 to her sweatshirt and lined up at the start of the Boston Marathon. No woman...

Universalperseverance

225 words

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Love Sees What Cynicism Misses

In 1967, America was tearing itself apart. The Vietnam War raged overseas, cities burned with racial unrest, and hope felt like a luxury few could...

Universallove

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The Chapel That Illness Built

In 1941, Henri Matisse underwent surgery for abdominal cancer that left him largely confined to a wheelchair. One of the twentieth century's greatest artists could...

Universalhealing

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The Ballplayer With Guts Enough Not to Fight Back

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson stepped onto Ebbets Field as the first Black man to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. What...

Universalforgiveness

236 words

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Seeds That Remember How to Bloom

In 2016, Death Valley — the hottest, driest place in North America — erupted in a carpet of gold, purple, and white wildflowers so vast...

Universalhope

234 words

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The Finish Line You Don't Walk Alone

On August 3, 1992, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal at the Barcelona Olympics. He had trained his entire life for...

Universalhope

226 words

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When Speed Becomes Worship

In the summer of 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell faced a decision that baffled the British sporting world. A devout Christian, he withdrew from his...

Universalpurpose

222 words

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The Dragon Skin We Cannot Shed Ourselves

In C.S. Lewis's *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*, the selfish boy Eustace Scrubb falls asleep on a dragon's hoard and wakes to discover he...

Universaltransformation

225 words

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When a Coach Could Barely Stand

On March 4, 1993, college basketball coach Jim Valvano stood at the podium of the first ESPY Awards. Cancer had ravaged his body. He needed...

Universalhope

248 words

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The Bone That Bears the Weight

In 1892, German surgeon Julius Wolff published a remarkable discovery about the human skeleton. What became known as Wolff's Law reveals that bone is not...

Universalperseverance

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The Deaf Man's Anthem of Joy

In 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven stood on stage in Vienna for the premiere of his Ninth Symphony. He had spent years composing it, pouring every...

Universalfreedom

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The Art That Refused to Be Silenced

In 1933, the Nazi regime expelled Käthe Kollwitz from the Prussian Academy of Arts and banned public exhibitions of her work. Her offense? She drew...

Universalcourage

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When the Music Itself Seemed Lost

In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. His operas had flopped. Creditors circled. Four years earlier, a stroke had paralyzed...

Universalperseverance

242 words

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The Satellite That Only Tells Time

Each of the 31 GPS satellites orbiting Earth does one remarkably simple thing — it broadcasts a time signal. That is its entire job. It...

Universalpurpose

230 words

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The Price of a Free Album

In 1979, Christian musician Keith Green made a decision that stunned the music industry. At the height of his popularity, with albums selling briskly and...

Universalsacrifice

243 words

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When the Shadow Is Only a Small and Passing Thing

In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Return of the King*, there is a moment that has quietly ministered to readers for over seventy years. Sam Gamgee lies...

Universalhope

217 words

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The Telescope That Had to Trust Its Own Unfolding

On Christmas morning 2021, NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope on a journey one million miles from Earth. But here is what made the...

Universalfaith

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Harriet Tubman and the God Who Parts the Waters

In the winter of 1851, Harriet Tubman stood at the edge of the Choptank River in Maryland, ice forming along its banks, slave catchers somewhere...

Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20Universal

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The Algorithm of True Greatness

In 1998, two Stanford graduate students named Larry Page and Sergey Brin invented the algorithm that would become Google. Their breakthrough was deceptively simple. Every...

Universalhumility

227 words

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The Version History God Never Keeps

When you work in Google Docs, every edit is automatically saved in the version history. Click "File," then "Version history," and you can scroll back...

Universalforgiveness

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