Two very different birds with very different outlooks make their homes in the deserts of the United States.

Norman Cousins, a prominent writer of the 20th century, was diagnosed with a rare, crippling, and incurable disease.

You’ve very likely heard about the Pony Express, the historically famous mail service between St. Joseph, Missouri, and the West Coast. This service depended on constant movement and readiness between a series of relay stations spaced 10 to 15 miles apart. And over the course of 10 days, a parcel could travel thousands of miles because of the riders’ coordination.

Americans are getting warned to death. Any cursory look at most packages today, and you’ll find a host of warnings about misusing the product. This is because manufacturers are growing increasingly wary of being sued when their products are misused, so they are attaching warning labels that address any possible scenario.

On Christmas Eve 1875, Ira Sankey was traveling on a steamboat down the Delaware River when he was recognized by some passengers. Sankey, who was the song leader for the famous evangelist D.L. Moody, was asked by the passengers to sing a hymn on the main deck so everyone could hear.

A story is told of a man who, after his fiancée broke off their engagement, received the following letter…

William Sangster, a prominent Methodist minister of yesteryear, once had a very eccentric man in his congregation who was trying to be a zealous Christian. Unfortunately, the man usually did the wrong thing.

There was once a preacher who, wanting to make a point, asked a new mother in his congregation, “Madam, are you taking care of your baby? Are you feeding him when he needs food and keeping an adequate home for him?”

A story is told from the Middle Ages about a certain monk who announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on “The Love of God.”

There are perhaps no words in the English language that can shake you to the core more than the words, “I don’t love you anymore.” It’s sad to think how many marriages have ended with those words, and how many families have been torn apart by that simple sentence.