In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. So he went to visit the head monk of a local monastery…

A farmer went each week to the Farmers’ Market to sell cottage cheese and apple butter he made on his farm. He carried them on the two-mile journey to the market in two large tubs…

Christian author Carole Mayhall tells of a woman who went to a diet center to lose weight. The director took her to a full-length mirror. On it he outlined a figure and told her, “This is what I want you to be like at the end of the program…

If you’ve ever had the chance to visit the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, you might’ve noticed a portrait on a wall near the main entrance with the following inscription…

In the early 1900s, a London newspaper printed an advertisement that read: “Men wanted for hazardous darkness, and constant danger…”

An elderly woman was shopping one day for a new hearing aid. “How much are your hearing aids?” she asked the salesman. “Anywhere from a dollar to $25,000,” the salesman said…

A 100-year-old church member was having her birthday celebration at the church she had faithfully attended since she was a young girl. So after everyone had cake and ice cream…

Pastor Charles Swindoll tells of a gentleman he knew who served on one of Walt Disney’s original advisory boards. He once told him how persistent Disney was when he was faced with disagreement…

When Sujo John and his wife moved to the United States from India in February 2001, things were looking great. He lived in New York City, and got a well-paying job…

Author Leo Buscaglia tells an inspiring story about his mother and their “misery dinner.” Leo’s father came home one night from work, and he told the family that it was likely his company would have to file for bankruptcy…