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The Tree That Refused to Stay Buried

In October 2001, recovery workers sifting through the wreckage at Ground Zero discovered a Callery pear tree beneath the rubble — snapped nearly in half,...

Acts 2:14a, 22-32Universal

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The Letter That Changed Everything

In 2019, Alice Plebuch of Vancouver, Washington, received DNA test results that made no sense. She was 100% Irish Catholic — or so she'd believed...

Ephesians 3:1-12Universal

251 words

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The Well That Never Ran Dry

In 2012, a brutal drought scorched 80 percent of America's farmland. Across southern Kansas, cattle ponds turned to cracked mud. Irrigation systems sputtered and failed....

Isaiah 12:2-6Universal

245 words

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The Nails of Coventry Cathedral

On the morning of November 15, 1940, the people of Coventry, England, emerged from their shelters to find their beloved medieval cathedral reduced to a...

Isaiah 2:1-5Universal

235 words

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The Tree That Thrives on Stone

High in the White Mountains of eastern California, where the soil is almost pure limestone and rainfall barely reaches ten inches a year, stands a...

Habakkuk 3:17-19Universal

224 words

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A Word Across the Void

In 1825, Samuel Morse was in Washington painting a portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette when a horse messenger delivered a letter from his father:...

Genesis 1:1-3Universal

236 words

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The Day the Sky Turned Black

On April 14, 1935, residents of Boise City, Oklahoma, looked up to see the horizon swallowed whole. A wall of dirt two thousand feet high...

Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28Universal

246 words

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The Long Way Back to the Green Jacket

On April 14, 2019, Tiger Woods stood on the eighteenth green at Augusta National and did something no one believed was possible anymore. He won...

Universalrestoration

259 words

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When a Broken Composer Heard Heaven Singing

In the autumn of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a ruined man. His operas had failed. Creditors circled. A stroke had partially paralyzed him. At...

Universalredemption

238 words

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From a Leg Brace to the Fastest Woman Alive

In 1944, Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely in Clarksville, Tennessee — the twentieth of twenty-two children. At age four, she contracted polio. Her left leg...

Universaltransformation

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The DNA That Was Never Junk

For decades, scientists dismissed roughly 98% of the human genome as "junk DNA" — vast stretches of genetic code that appeared to serve no purpose...

Universalpurpose

233 words

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I Love Brian Piccolo

In 1967, the Chicago Bears paired Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo as the NFL's first interracial roommates. One was Black, one was White, in an...

Universallove

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From the Stock Room to the Super Bowl

In 1994, Kurt Warner was stocking shelves at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Cedar Falls, Iowa, earning $5.50 an hour. The NFL had already told...

Universaltransformation

245 words

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The Race He Refused to Leave

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semi-final carrying the weight of years of injury and comeback. He...

Universalperseverance

229 words

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The Father Who Crossed the Line

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal. He had trained for years, overcome multiple surgeries, and finally...

Universalgrace

252 words

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The Sea That Disappeared

In 1960, the Aral Sea stretched across 26,000 square miles of Central Asia — the fourth largest lake on earth. Fishing boats crowded its harbors....

Amos 8:1-12Universal

258 words

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The 4:47 AM Alarm

Every morning at 4:47 AM, Jasmine Torres's phone alarm cuts through the darkness of her apartment in Queens. She's a trauma nurse at NewYork-Presbyterian, and...

Romans 13:11-14Universal

223 words

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The Light at Mammoth Cave

In 2019, a tour group descended 280 feet into Mammoth Cave in Kentucky — the longest cave system on Earth, stretching over 420 miles beneath...

Psalm 36:5-10Universal

261 words

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The Finish Line That Mattered

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal carrying the weight of years — four surgeries, a withdrawal...

Universalhope

233 words

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The Man Who Wouldn't Stay Down

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal as one of the favorites. He had trained his entire...

Universalcourage

231 words

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The Wretch Who Wrote the World's Most Famous Hymn

In 1772, an Anglican clergyman sat down to write a hymn for his New Year's Day service in the small parish of Olney, England. The...

Universalforgiveness

252 words

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Sixty-Four and Still Swimming

In 1978, a twenty-eight-year-old distance swimmer named Diana Nyad attempted to swim the 110 miles from Cuba to Key West, Florida. She failed. The currents,...

Universalperseverance

222 words

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When the Original File Was Never Lost

In 2022, Google introduced a feature on the Pixel 7 called Photo Unblur. With a single tap, the phone's machine learning engine takes an old,...

Universalrestoration

233 words

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When Finishing Means More Than Winning

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semi-final carrying years of injury and setback. He had already endured...

Universalhealing

219 words