Running for 12 hours on a treadmill isn’t exactly at the top of everyone’s goal list. For most people running for 30 minutes at all is a major undertaking, but not for David Staley. When Staley’s friend set the record for the greatest distance run on a treadmill in 12 hours, Staley set out to…
Have you ever read the messages inside the bathroom stalls? They can be, well, interesting to say the least. You could come across everything from jokes and philosophical statements to gang signs and crude remarks. If you have ever had the joyful experience of sitting in a murky, run-down gas station stall, you may have…
Several years ago, Jordan Wooley, a seventh-grader in Texas, was put to the test in class. Her teacher gave the class an assignment where they were forced to label God as a “fact, common assertion, or opinion.” However, when students began getting upset and discussions took place, the teacher made it clear that unless they…
It can be scary. It can be intimidating. It can seem like a mile’s walk away. That first step can be one of the most difficult. And so when someone makes this decision, it thrills me to no end to see what took place this past Sunday. After an extremely timely lesson on procrastination by…
The crowd sat charmed at a performance by several young violin students. After the concert, the instructor spoke briefly about how young children are taught to play the violin. He said the first thing the children learn is the proper stance. The second thing the children learn, even before they pick up the violin, is…
The very accomplished architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, built a house for businessman Hibbard Johnson back in 1937. One rainy evening, Johnson was entertaining some very distinguished guests for dinner when the roof began to leak and drip directly on top of Johnson’s head. Furious and embarrassed, he called up Wright and complained about the roof…
It looks like something straight out of some horror film, except it’s real. This forest floor is actually heaving up and down, making it look like some monstrous, living, breathing creature (Watch It Here). In reality, something very cool is happening. This Canadian forest is under attack from extremely heavy winds. The gusts are so…
It wasn’t just sympathy, it was pure empathy. It was 4 AM as my wife, kids, a friend, and I had been standing in line to check our bags at the airport. For over an hour we had been standing in the Frontier line. This line could have dwarfed even the longest lines at Six…
The two men happen to come face to face in the bathroom. One was Edward Health, a young member of Parliament. The other was a politician and newspaper publisher, Willian Beverbrook. Just a few days earlier Beverbrook had published a rather insulting editorial on Heath. Now happening upon each other in the bathroom, Beverbrook broke…
A young man nervously entered a convenience store in Salford, UK, a suburb of the greater Manchester area. With a black mask over his face and a knife in his hand, he demanded cigarettes and some cash from the young 19-year-old worker. Ron Smith happened to see what was happening as he was passing by…
At the school carnival, the kids ended up winning four “free” goldfish. Which now meant mom and dad had to go shell out money to keep the things alive. They went out to stores and found a few around $40-$70. Then, discarded over to the side was a filthy 10-gallon tank, with gravel and a…
Oh Lord, You are so powerful and good. You love us more than any other could. Who are we that One as great as You, Should seek to bring His mighty love to? Your care for us You portray, Through the doors of opportunity we have everyday. Places we can go. Gospel…
Elmer Bendiner was a WW2 B-17 navigator. In the thick of war against the Nazi’s, one of the most incredible stories unfolded. Bendiner explains: “Our B-17 (THE TONDELAYO) was barraged by flak from Nazi antiaircraft guns. That was not unusual, but on this particular occasion, our gas tanks were hit. Later, as I reflected on…
Standing on opposite sides of a zoo window is a little girl, maybe five-years-old, with her purple shirt and cute little glasses. On the other side of the window is a full-grown, male lion with muscles contracting and an occasional snarling lip. The little girl curiously touches the glass and gets an up-close look at…
“Edward Steichen, who eventually became one of the world’s most renowned photographers, almost gave up on the day he shot his first pictures. At 16, young Steichen bought a camera and took 50 photos. Only one turned out — a portrait of his sister at the piano. Edward’s father thought that was a poor showing.…
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