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In the ancient catacombs beneath Rome, two kinds of inscriptions line the tunnel walls. Pagan tombs bear the letters *D.M.* — *Dis Manibus*, "to the...
In the spring of 2016, Kobe Bryant turned his final NBA season into a nationwide celebration. Every arena gave him a standing ovation. ESPN ran...
In transplant medicine, when a living donor gives one of their kidneys to save another person's life, something remarkable happens to the kidney that remains....
Gladys Aylward stood barely five feet tall, a parlor maid from Edmonton, London, with no university degree and no missionary board willing to send her....
In a world that often feels divided by cultural and religious differences, the practice of Interfaith Dialogue can feel like navigating uncharted waters. Imagine a small community where a local mosque and a church decided to come together for a...
On Christmas morning 2021, NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope — the most powerful observatory ever built. But here is what stunned the watching...
In Glacier Bay, Alaska, tourists gather each summer near Margerie Glacier — a wall of blue-white ice towering twenty-one stories above the waterline. For long...
In 1847, a young Hungarian physician named Ignaz Semmelweis noticed something terrifying at Vienna General Hospital. In one maternity ward, mothers were dying of childbed...
In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a man undone. The once-celebrated composer had watched London audiences abandon his operas one by one....
When Frances Jane Crosby lost her sight at six weeks old due to a doctor's botched treatment, no one expected her life would become a...
When forest ecologist Suzanne Simard began mapping the root systems of Douglas firs in British Columbia in the 1990s, she discovered something that quietly upended...
In a small town, two neighboring families had lived side by side for generations. Their children played together, their parents shared meals, and they celebrated life’s milestones as one community. But as the political climate heated up, an election brought...
When Maria Chen shattered her knee in a cycling accident outside Portland, her physical therapist, James, told her something she did not want to hear:...
In 1957, dendrochronologist Edmund Schulman discovered a bristlecone pine in California's White Mountains that had been alive for nearly five thousand years. He named it...
A few months ago, I had the joy of meeting a vibrant young woman named Lydia at a community event. She had recently moved to our town, leaving behind everything familiar in pursuit of her dreams. Like many of us,...
As I stood in my backyard one afternoon, I was captivated by a small ant hill nestled near the edge of my flower bed. The ants were tirelessly moving to and fro, each one carrying bits of food, some too...
In 1550, an elderly Dominican friar named Bartolome de las Casas stood before the Spanish court at Valladolid and did something almost unthinkable. He argued...
During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Corrie ten Boom and her family built a secret room behind a false wall in their Haarlem home....
For six million years, the Colorado River has done one thing with unwavering commitment — it has followed gravity downhill. It did not set out...
In July 2016, Tim Duncan retired from the NBA after nineteen seasons with the San Antonio Spurs. There was no press conference. No farewell tour....
The illustration highlights the challenges faced by women in church leadership through the story of Sarah, who established a house church focused on inclusivity and social justice. It emphasizes the biblical principle of equality in Christ as articulated in Romans 8:19-22, advocating for the recognition and affirmation of all spiritual gifts regardless of gender.
Fanny Crosby lost her sight at six weeks old due to a doctor's error. She lived ninety-four years in total darkness — and wrote over...
In 1888, Lilias Trotter stood at a crossroads that would define her legacy. John Ruskin, the most influential art critic in Victorian England, had declared...
In 1965, Millard Fuller was a thirty-year-old millionaire in Montgomery, Alabama, with a Lincoln Continental in the driveway and a marriage falling apart. He attended...