Several years ago, an outdoor conference was held for a particular Christian denomination that discouraged expressions of joy in worship, like saying “Amen” or “Hallelujah.” So instead, attendees were given helium-filled balloons and told to release them when they felt like expressing joy…

A schoolteacher named Dodie Gadient once decided to travel across America alone and see the sights she had taught her students about for 13 years. She was rounding a curve on a California interstate when a water pump blew out on her truck. She was terrified and didn’t know what to do…

British statesman and financier Cecil Rhodes, whose fortune was used to endow the world-famous Rhodes Scholarships, was known as a stickler for correct dress. His convictions on attire, however, were second to his care for someone else’s feelings…

A young boy was traveling on an airplane to visit his grandparents one day, and he happened to be sitting beside a seminary professor. The boy was reading his children’s Bible, so the professor thought he’d have some fun…

As a missionary, Allen Gardiner experienced tremendous physical difficulties and hardships in service to God. Yet, even in the midst of his despair, he maintained his focus on the goodness of God…

During the Thirty Years’ War in Europe in the early 1600s, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was slain in battle. The Swedes were thrown into mourning for their king as government officials met to determine how to move forward, as Adolphus had no children old enough to rule – only a six-year-old daughter by the name of Christina…

A mom took her kids to the school carnival one Saturday, where they won four free goldfish. So she went out to find an aquarium, and the only ones she could find started at close to $70. Then she spotted a discarded 10-gallon display tank complete with gravel and filter for a mere $5. She bought it immediately…

For many years, Eunice Pike worked among the Mazatec people in southwestern Mexico. During her time there, she discovered some interesting things about these wonderful people. For example, the people seldom wish someone else well. Not only that, the Christians among them are especially hesitant to share the gospel…

A retired couple decided they would start walking two miles a day to stay in shape. The lived out in the country, so they thought they would walk a mile down their lonely country road, and then turn around and come back…

As part of the famed Lewis and Clark expedition, John Colter spent three years of hazardous duty escorting the explorers through some of the roughest terrain in the western frontier of North America. After that, he made a living trapping beaver in the Missouri River, deep in Blackfoot Indian territory…