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In 2005, marine biologists exploring the Pacific Ocean floor discovered something remarkable. Nearly two miles below the surface, where no sunlight has ever reached, they...
In 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven stood on stage at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna for the premiere of his Ninth Symphony. He was profoundly...
Last summer, a close-knit community in our parish rallied around a local family facing the unimaginable: their son, a vibrant, young athlete, was diagnosed with a terminal illness. As the news spread, you could feel the weight of despair settle...
In 1892, German anatomist Julius Wolff published a discovery that still guides orthopedic medicine today. Known as Wolff's Law, it states that bone remodels itself...
In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that many of his colleagues thought was foolish. As director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he...
In 2012, botanists at the University of Bonn discovered something remarkable about plant roots. When a root encounters an obstacle underground — a rock, a...
In 1873, Horatio Spafford put his four daughters on a steamship bound for England. He planned to follow shortly after. Days later, he received a...
In 1741, George Frideric Handel was broken. At fifty-six, he was deeply in debt, half-paralyzed from a stroke, and facing what seemed like the end...
Every autumn, millions of Monarch butterflies lift off from Canada and the northern United States and fly nearly 3,000 miles south to a specific cluster...
There was a small, struggling community garden in the heart of our town. At first glance, it seemed like a patch of weeds and broken dreams. But within this garden, a group of neighbors began to gather each week. They...
In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that colleagues called reckless. As director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he pointed the Hubble Space...
In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. The composer who had once dazzled the courts of Europe was now sixty-six...
In 1600, Caravaggio unveiled *The Calling of Saint Matthew* in a small Roman chapel, and viewers gasped. The painting depicts a dim, ordinary room where...
In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that his colleagues thought was foolish. As director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he pointed the...
In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that many of his colleagues thought was foolish. He pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at a tiny...
In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that his colleagues thought was reckless. As director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he pointed the...
In November 1873, Horatio Spafford stood at the railing of a ship crossing the Atlantic and stared down at the cold, gray water. Somewhere beneath...
In 1873, Horatio Spafford put his four daughters on a steamship crossing the Atlantic. He planned to join them later. Days into the voyage, the...
In George MacDonald's beloved 1872 fairy tale *The Princess and the Goblin*, young Princess Irene receives a gift from her mysterious great-great-grandmother — a thread...
In December 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that many of his colleagues considered foolish. He pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at a tiny...
In the autumn of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. The composer who had once filled London's finest concert halls was drowning in...
Fanny Crosby lost her sight at six weeks old when a mustard poultice, applied by an incompetent doctor, destroyed her vision permanently. She would never...
In the 1890s, Claude Monet set up his easel across from Rouen Cathedral in northern France and painted the same stone facade more than thirty...
In John Bunyan's *The Pilgrim's Progress*, Christian and his companion Hopeful are captured by Giant Despair and thrown into the dungeon of Doubting Castle. For...