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Orlando was an 11-year-old Arizona boy who had spent years in a Mexican orphanage before winding up in foster care in Phoenix, AZ. When he joined Jodi Kacz’s reading intervention class the teacher took a shine to Orlando. Kacz had a heart problem that kept her from having her own children but when she…

“History teaches us about the cyclic rise and fall of civilizations, which, as they become more complex and interconnected, also become more vulnerable to collapse. The earth is littered with the ruins of empires that believed they were eternal.” –Camille Paglia We can think as highly of ourselves, our…

A death simulator called Xinglai is open in China. When you “die,” you lay down on a conveyer belt through a dark tunnel that simulates cremation and then being “reborn” out the other side through a latex womb. The experience “gives you the chance to calm down, give in to some deeper thoughts, and think…

Eban Alexander was just another neurosurgeon until bacterial meningitis put him in a coma. While in the hospital, Alexander was whisked to an otherworld of pink clouds, transparent angel-like beings, and lots of butterflies. Alexander is certain he encountered the divine and has written a book , Proof…

Fred Guentert has spent the past 25 years building an ornate, Egyptian-style sarcophagus for his final resting place. The Florida man built and decorated the elaborate cedar-wood coffin. He adorned the box with images of Egyptian gods. Guentert has one last wish before they lay him in the box. He wants…

A new book explores the unique topic of time. Time is the most precious resource humans have, but the way we perceive it changes based on many factors. Sometimes time flows quickly, and sometime it creeps by at an unbelievably slow pace. Author and broadcaster Claudia Hammonds has written a book entitled,…

Robert Ettinger, who died in 2011, wanted to live forever. If he could not live forever, he wanted to be deep-frozen at the time of his death. His hope is that some day in the future, science will discover how to cure him of his ills, and will thaw him out and return him to life. “We were able to freeze…

On September 23, 1846 Astronomers determined that the newly discovered object in the sky was a planet. They named it Neptune. 165 years later, in July 2011 Neptune completes its first journey around the sun since its discovery. One year on Neptune is like 165 earth years. --World, July 16, 2011 p. 6…

A Roman snack shop closed down. Well, actually the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79 closed it down when it buried it in volcanic ash. That was almost 2000 years ago, but in March, after having been excavated and renovated, it reopened again for tourists to the ancient town of Pomeii. --World April…

For years, some scientists have suggested including an additional dimension of space into their research because it helps reconcile theories involving electromagnetism and gravity. Physicist Itzhak Bars, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southern California thinks adding…

ETERNITY In a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, the age where the average person considers someone “old” is 68. However, there is a generational difference in the perception of who is old. The younger people are, the sooner they believe old age sets in. For those in the survey from ages 18-29,…

HEAVEN Innate in every person is a desire to connect with God and a longing for heaven. The secular band Creed articulates that desire in the song "Higher," listen to the words: When dreaming I'm guided through another world Time and time again At sunrise I fight to stay asleep 'Cause I don't want to…

ETERNITY Every year, in the Nevada Desert, pagans gather to perform ritualistic dances in front of a 52-foot wooden statue of a man. The climax of the anything goes, clothing optional festival comes when the statue is set ablaze and the participates mock the Christian belief that they will all one day…

Finding Gold I never liked Susan's blue Dodge. Susan says I didn't like it because she made me trade in a perfectly good pickup to buy it. Susan was pregnant with our second son at the time and refused to ride in the back when he was born. So what else could we do? The two of us and two car seats wouldn't…

Diet One Liners: * I try to lose weight, but it keeps finding me. * My figure does nothing for me, so why should I do anything for it? * Diet is 'die' with a -T. * Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. * Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their…