"The Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news." [Isaiah 61:1] One evening in 1964, the Great Alaska earthquake shocked and writhed for more than four minutes, registering a 9.2 magnitude. In Anchora...  Read More

"You are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household." [Ephesians 2:19] Downton Abbey was a popular British television drama that follow...  Read More

"Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house." [Proverbs 5:8] The dormouse's nose twitched. Something tasty was nearby. Sure enough, the scent led to a birdfeeder full of delicio...  Read More

"Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ." [1 Corinthians 11:1]No words. Just music and moving. During a twenty-four-hour Zumba marathon amid the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of people fr...  Read More

"What is mankind that you are mindful of them?" [Psalm 8:4] In the early twentieth century, Italian poet F.T. Marinetti launched Futurism, an artistic movement that rejected the past, scoffed at tradi...  Read More

"If he comes to you, welcome him."  [Colossians 4:10] Amos was an overbearing extrovert, and Danny was a loner wracked with self-doubt. Somehow these eccentric geniuses became best friends. They spent...  Read More

"Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." [Exodus 4:12] Jen was born without legs and abandoned at the hospital. Yet she says being put up for adoption was a blessing. "I am here...  Read More

"Pray continually." [1 Thessalonians 5:17] Harriet Tubman couldn't read or write. As an adolescent, she suffered a head injury at the hands of a cruel slave master. That injury caused her to have seiz...  Read More

"You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you." [Isaiah 26:3] A pirouette is a graceful spin that's executed by ballerinas and contemporary dancers alike. ...  Read More

"Be strong and very courageous." [Joshua 1:7] During our tour of an aircraft carrier, a jet fighter pilot explained that planes need a 56-kilometer-per-hour wind to take off on such a short runway. To...  Read More

"When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple." Acts 9:26 In an article on mentoring, Hannah Schell explains ...  Read More

"The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice." [Proverbs 12:15] When the roof of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral caught fire in April, 2019, its ancient wood beams and lead sheetin...  Read More