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The Deepest Trench

In 2012, filmmaker James Cameron descended nearly seven miles to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific — the deepest known point...

Micah 7:18-19Universal

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When Healing Requires a Second Breaking

In orthopedic medicine, surgeons encounter a condition called malunion — a fracture that has healed, but healed crooked. The bone knit itself back together at...

Universalhealing

247 words

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The Heartbeat That Finds Its Rhythm

In 1960s laboratory experiments at Johns Hopkins, researchers made a remarkable discovery about heart cells. When individual cardiomyocytes — the muscle cells that make your...

Universallove

235 words

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The Race That Changed Everything

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

Universalperseverance

240 words

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The Race He Refused to Quit

On August 3, 1992, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semi-final at the Barcelona Olympics. He was running the race of his...

Universalcourage

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The Coach Who Wouldn't Let Her Quit

When Maria Gonzalez showed up at the Back on My Feet running program in Philadelphia, she hadn't run a mile in her life. She'd spent...

Titus 2:11-12Universal

223 words

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Eric Liddell and the Joy of Willing Obedience

In 1924, Eric Liddell stunned the sporting world by withdrawing from the 100-meter dash at the Paris Olympics — his best event — because the...

Psalm 40:7-11Universal

230 words

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Layer by Layer

If you have ever watched a 3D printer at work, you know it demands a particular kind of patience. The machine builds an object by...

Universalpatience

241 words

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Eric Liddell's Holy Sprint

In 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived at the Paris Olympics as the favorite in the 100 meters. Then he discovered the heats fell on...

1 Corinthians 6:12-20Universal

235 words

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The Inspector Who Wouldn't Look Away

In 2018, a building inspector named Ron Gastaldo in Surfside, Florida, filed a report on the Champlain Towers South condominium. His plumb line, both literal...

Amos 7:7-17Universal

226 words

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The Man in Black Walks Out of the Dark

In 1967, Johnny Cash crawled into Nickajack Cave on the Tennessee River to die. Years of amphetamine addiction had cost him nearly everything — his...

Universalredemption

249 words

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When the Mountain Came Down

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded with the force of 500 atomic bombs. The blast flattened 230 square miles of old-growth forest in...

Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9Universal

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The Player Who Promised Not to Fight Back

In 1945, Branch Rickey sat across from Jackie Robinson in a Brooklyn office and asked him to do the hardest thing any athlete has ever...

Universalpatience

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A Father's Arms at the Finish Line

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

Universaltrust

241 words

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The Night Shift Dispatcher Who Almost Missed the Call

In 2019, a rookie 911 dispatcher named Maria Delgado sat through her first overnight shift in El Paso, Texas. The veteran dispatchers warned her: most...

1 Samuel 3:1-10Universal

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The Longest Flight on Earth

In 2007, wildlife biologist Robert Gill and his team at the U.S. Geological Survey fitted a female bar-tailed godwit — a modest shorebird tagged simply...

Universalobedience

230 words

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The Green Jacket Nobody Expected

On April 14, 2019, Tiger Woods stood on the eighteenth green at Augusta National and did something the world had stopped believing was possible. He...

Universalrestoration

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The Insulin of Grace

In January 1922, fourteen-year-old Leonard Thompson lay dying in Toronto General Hospital. He weighed just sixty-five pounds. Type 1 diabetes was devouring him from within...

Universalfreedom

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Escape Velocity

In 1977, NASA launched the *Voyager 1* spacecraft on a journey that would make history. To break free of Earth's gravitational pull, the probe had...

Universalfreedom

240 words

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The Cathedral That Trusted Tomorrow

In 1883, a young architect named Antoni Gaudí took over an ambitious project in Barcelona — the Basilica de la Sagrada Família. He poured himself...

Universaltrust

259 words

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The Salt Mine Beneath Detroit

Six hundred feet below the streets of Detroit lies a salt mine stretching across 1,500 acres. Since 1910, workers have descended into those depths to...

Matthew 5:13-20Universal

254 words

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The Field Where a Nation Knelt

On January 2, 2023, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin made a routine tackle during a Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Then he...

Universalhealing

243 words

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The Relay That No One Runs Alone

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Jamaican 4x100 meter relay team did something the world will never forget. Usain Bolt, the fastest man alive, could...

Universalcommunity

259 words

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The Fall and the Father's Arms

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

Universaltrust

238 words