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PERSEVERANCE Adrianne Haslet-Davis promised that one day she would run the Boston Marathon. She made the vow while recovering from losing the lower part of her left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. She was standing among the spectators when the explosions ripped through the crowd. Running with…

After Typhoon Haiyan battered the Philippine city of Tacloban, residents cheered a bit of good news in the midst of the debris when a baby girl was born. 21-year-old Emily Ortega gave birth at the Tacloban airport after surviving the storm herself. Ortega was in an evacuation center when the storm surge…

Frank DeAngelis, the principal at Columbine High School in Denver has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2013 school year. DeAngelis spent 34 years at the school, moving from being a social studies teacher to administrator. After the April 20, 1999 shooting at the school, DeAngelis promised…

The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins. Andy Andrews, The Traveler's Gift. Nashville, TN: Nelson Books, 2002, p. 158)

In the area of St. Louis, MO two brothers were hunting one bright fall afternoon. This bright sunny fall afternoon would change the lives of their loved ones forever. One of the brothers caught his foot on something, tripped, and as he hit the ground his shotgun fired in the direction of his brother.…

WORKS The bombing of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 is bringing the best out of most people, and the worst out of others. The rescue workers, some of whom paid the ultimate sacrifice, inspire me. Democrats and Republicans are getting along with one another, setting aside…

The Coast Guard called off its search for three missing football players at sunset Tuesday. The news came after crews combed choppy waters off the Florida Gulf Coast for a third full day since NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith and friend William Bleakley disappeared. Their fishing boat capsized…

COMFORT Gerald Rodgers pastors a church in Fredericksburg, Virginia three days a week. The rest of week he oversees a group of chaplains serving in a corporate environment. Rodgers is part of growing group of chaplains who contract out to companies seeking to add a religious component to their employee…

CRISIS Where did Americans turn in the wake of the 9-11 crisis? Christian book stores reported they experienced an increase in Bible sales of 28%, but Video rental stores said they saw a 30% increase in DVD & Video rentals the week of the attack. There is nothing wrong with those who found a diversion…

COST Americans just commemorated the first anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. While we mourned the loss of life, and were energized by the demonstrations of patriotism, the cost of September 11th will be felt for a long time to come. New York City Comptroller William Thompson says,…

WINNENDEN, Germany — The 17-year-old gunman who went on a rampage at his former school and killed 15 people before taking his own life warned of his plans in an Internet chatroom only hours before, officials said Thursday. Suspect Tim K. told others in the chat room that he was "sick of this life" and…

Who can understand tragedy? Who can comprehend heartache? Kyle Lake was just reaching to adjust a microphone, that's all. An instinctive act... almost unconscious, but with disastrous results. Before hundreds of horrified church goers, the young pastor of University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, was…

I have come to understand that mystery is something that is more experienced through the emotions than it is comprehended with the mind. Mysteries are like love, they are not meant to be solved, but rather are meant to be lived into. They are experienced from the inside, not comprehended from the outside.…