393 illustrations referencing James
In Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina shelters over 1,200 Tutsi refugees in his hotel during the genocide. He bribes, bluffs, and bargains with killers to keep them alive. "Is not this the fast that I ch
In Life Is Beautiful, Guido Orefice convinces his young son that the Nazi concentration camp is an elaborate game. Points for hiding, staying quiet, not asking for food. The grand prize: a real tank.
In Philadelphia, Andrew Beckett—dying of AIDS, fired for his illness—hires Joe Miller, a homophobic lawyer, to fight his discrimination case. Joe must overcome his prejudice; Andrew must find dignity
Margaret Chen kept her Red Cross first aid manual on the kitchen shelf between a cookbook and a potted basil plant. She had taken the...
Every September, Helen Matsuda drove her grandchildren out to the old orchard on Maple Ridge Road outside Wenatchee, Washington. The trees had been planted by...
When astronauts aboard the International Space Station orbit Earth, they witness something that reshapes how they understand light and darkness. From the ground, we watch...
In the mountains of rural Japan, the Asian giant hornet — nearly two inches long with mandibles that can decapitate a bee in a single...
In 1521, Martin Luther was hiding in Wartburg Castle, spirited away by friends after his bold stand at the Diet of Worms. For months he...
In neonatal intensive care units, doctors have long prescribed something remarkably low-tech for premature babies: kangaroo care — holding the infant skin-to-skin against a parent's...
In April 1521, Martin Luther stood before Emperor Charles V in the great hall at Worms, Germany. Stacked on a table beside him lay his...
In 1868, German physician Carl Wunderlich published a landmark study establishing 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit as the baseline for human body temperature. What he also documented...
In 1835, George Müller sat in his study in Bristol, England, reading Scripture about caring for the fatherless. He had read such passages many times...
The Kim family lives in a basement apartment that floods with sewage. The Park family lives on a hill in architectural splendor. When Ki-taek, the poor father, asks what the rich Mr. Park's plan is, h
Margaret Holloway made the best chicken casserole in all of Decatur, Georgia. Everyone at First Community Church said so. When the Nguyen family lost their...
In 2019, a family camping in Glacier National Park woke to the sound of something heavy pushing against their bear canister. The father, Greg Walton,...
In 2004, ranger Jim Hamm was hiking with his wife near Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Northern California when a mountain lion attacked. Every...
In 1785, William Wilberforce was a twenty-five-year-old member of British Parliament — charming, wealthy, and politically ambitious. After his conversion to Christianity, he sought counsel...
Margaret Rowe spent forty-one years climbing the seventy-six steps of the Cape Bonavista lighthouse on Newfoundland's eastern coast. Every evening at dusk, without exception, she...
Every morning, the slip of paper sat next to the coffee maker. Dr. Sarah Chen at the Cleveland Clinic had written it out carefully —...
In rural Tennessee, a sheep farmer named Dale Hutchins kept a Great Pyrenees named Boaz to guard his flock. For three years, coyotes had picked...
Every building with a lightning rod has a secret most people notice: the grounding wire. That thick copper cable runs from the rod on the...
Margaret Chen had been praying for her neighbor Dorothy all winter. Every Sunday she'd bow her head at First Baptist on Elm Street and whisper,...
In Cast Away, Chuck Noland survives four years alone on a Pacific island. He loses everything—fiancée, career, civilization. He nearly loses his mind. But he survives, is rescued, and gives a speech t
In 1933, as Adolf Hitler rose to power, most German churches chose silence. They listened to sermons about justice and love, nodded in agreement, and...