At his father’s funeral, American track and field star Carl Lewis placed his 100-meter gold medal from the 1984 Olympics in his father’s grave. “Don’t worry,” he told his surprised mother. “I’ll get another one”…

An elderly minister had just had all of his remaining teeth pulled and new dentures made. Upon returning to the pulpit after his procedure…

A folk story is told of the bandit Jose Rivera who became notorious in several little towns in Texas for robbing banks and businesses…

Many Christians today treat their spiritual life like motor homes. You see, the motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of our normal life on wheels. A camper no longer needs to contend with…

At the outset of World War II, the people of Finland faced severe famine during the Russian occupation of their country. After years of conflict following the Russian Revolution, the Finnish people were truly on the brink of nationwide starvation…

Picture yourself walking on a set of train tracks when a train starts coming at you from behind. If the train engineer sees you on a track, he or she will blow the whistle…

As a young man, film director Robert Flaherty spent many months in the far north looking for iron ore and cod…

The great Victorian preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon once said…

A man put up a sign in his yard that read “Puppies for Sale.” Among those who came to inquire was a young boy from the neighborhood. “Please, mister,” he said, “I’d like to buy one of your puppies”…