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In our fast-paced world, the question of women's roles in church leadership often ignites passionate discussions. Let me share the inspiring story of Sarah, a vibrant young woman whose dreams of ministry were nearly extinguished by the confines of tradition....
In 1888, the great art critic John Ruskin told Lilias Trotter she could become the finest painter in England. She had extraordinary talent — her...
When Hurricane Helene tore through Asheville, North Carolina in September 2024, Marcus Jennings drove fourteen hours from Indianapolis with a truck full of chainsaws, tarps,...
In 1836, George Müller opened an orphanage in Bristol, England, with almost nothing — two shillings in his pocket and a conviction that God alone...
Anyone who has driven with GPS knows that moment of dread — you miss the turn, construction blocks your route, and suddenly you're heading the...
In 2019, a foster care organization in Phoenix called Foster Arizona hosted an event they named "Draft Day." Modeled after the NFL draft, families who...
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...
In a small coastal village, there lived a fisherman named Mateo. For decades, he had cast his nets into the shimmering waters that had sustained his family for generations. But in recent years, the tides had changed—fishing seasons grew erratic,...
In 2014, a contractor demolishing an old church in Portland, Oregon, pulled a massive granite block from the foundation rubble. It was irregular, cracked along...
When Dr. Sarah Chen sets a broken femur at Massachusetts General Hospital, she doesn't heal the bone — she positions it. She aligns the fractured...
Every computer user knows the cold panic of accidentally deleting something irreplaceable — a year's worth of photos, a dissertation, a project built over months....
In 1912, Sadhu Sundar Singh arrived in a remote Tibetan village to preach the gospel. The village lama was furious. He ordered Sundar Singh arrested...
There once was a brilliant, yet humble scientist named Dr. Eliza, who devoted her life to studying the intricacies of the earth’s ecosystems. Each morning, she would walk the trails of a nearby forest, taking in the vibrant hues of...
In the autumn of 1225, nearly blind and wracked with pain, Francis of Assisi lay in a small hut beside the chapel of San Damiano....
In 1864, night riders kidnapped an infant and his mother from Moses Carver's farm in Diamond, Missouri. The mother was never found. The baby, sick...
In March 2019, a farmer named Dale Rusk was driving his pickup along a back road outside Luverne, Minnesota, when spring floodwaters surged across the...
In the hills outside Asheville, North Carolina, furniture maker David Holbrook keeps a workshop where every piece begins the same way. Before he touches a...
In 2018, a family in Shelbyville, Tennessee spent three weeks suffering from headaches, fatigue, and confusion before a visiting relative walked into their home and...
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 October 1536, outside the walls of Vilvoorde Castle in Belgium, William Tyndale was led to a stake. His crime was translating the Bible into...
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...
In 1933, Dorothy Day stood in a breadline on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, ladling soup alongside the very people most of New York...
In the summer of 2012, farmers across southwest Kansas watched their fields turn to powder. Daryl Hestand, a third-generation wheat grower outside of Sublette, walked...
In December 1874, a ferocious windstorm swept through the Sierra Nevada. While most sensible people took shelter, naturalist John Muir did the opposite. He climbed...