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All that is of nature’s spinning must be unraveled. The natural building must come down, lath and plaster, roof and foundation, and we must have a house not made with hands. It was a great mercy for our city of London that the great fire cleared away all the old buildings that were the lair of the plague;…

When we light a fire, we always put the straw and kindling at the bottom. When we first light it, there is flame and a great deal of smoke. But afterward, when the flame gets hold of the coals, there is not so much blaze, but there is really more heat. You may have lost some of your flame and smoke,…

Just as we sometimes see a strong and healthy person growing pale and wan, losing appetite and falling into sickness until he becomes a mere skeleton because a general sapping and undermining of the constitution has come upon him, so have I seen it with Christians. They do not lose life, but they do…

There have been some men who, puffed up with vanity, have in their hearts said, “I can do all things.” Their destruction has been sure, and near at hand. Nebuchadnezzar walks through the midst of the great city; he sees its stupendous tower threading the clouds. He marks the majestic and colossal size…

In the Battle of Salamanca, when Wellington told one of his officers to advance with his troops and occupy a gap that the Duke perceived in the lines of the French, the general rode up to him and said, “My lord, I will do the work, but first give me a grasp of that conquering right hand of yours.” He…

In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “In physics, the definition of power is the transfer of energy. We measure the power of a lightbulb in watts. The higher the wattage, the more electricity is transferred into light and heat and the more powerful the bulb. Organizations and their leaders operate…

A 26-year-old man from North Dakota signed up to run a half-marathon. Mike Kohler was groggy from his early wake-up call and got in with the wrong group of runners at the Sanford Fargo Marathon. He missed the instructions and the directions he received were for the full marathon. He said he realized…

CCLI Song Number 7119315 Author(s): Jonathan David HelserMelissa HelserMolly SkaggsJake Stevens Recorded by: The Martin Family

After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, the Island suffered from major power outages. One report said “The Electric Power Authority said it dispatched crews to investigate why a key 230-kilovolt line that connects the Island's northern and southern regions had failed for the second time in a week.…

Japan and China are exploring a new source of fuel hidden in the world’s oceans that supply enough power to meet global demand for hundreds of years. The fuel, known as “combustible ice,” is technically called methane hydrate, a frozen mixture of water and concentrated natural gas. The Chinese news agency…

When Ohio State University student Abdul Razak Ali Artan drove a car onto the sidewalk on the OSU campus he hit multiple pedestrians and later stabbed several more with a knife. Another student, Armand Ghazi said, “He seemed like he was there for one reason—to do as much damage as he could.” What a perfect…

In his book, Thanks: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make you Happier, Robert Emmons writes, “Hopelessness and despair can adversely impact the endocrine and immune systems, even hastening death. Conversely, being an optimist may help reduce your risk of dying from heart disease and other causes. A thirty-five-year…

Andrew Smith played basketball for the Butler Bulldogs, and was part of the two final four Butler teams. After he married his high school sweetheart, Samantha, and moving to Lithuania to continue his basketball career, he was diagnosed with cancer. Samantha blogged the struggle the couple had with the…

In his book, Thanks: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make you Happier, Robert Emmons writes, “A longitudinal study of college students found that happiness levels in college predicted income sixteen years later. The most cheerful students earned $25,000 lore per year than their more dour classmates.” —Jim…

According to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, alcohol is now the second most lethal drug in the U. S. It is the second leading killer of the American people, following only tobacco. Deaths from heavy drinking have soared to their highest level in 35 years. All together, “alcohol…

Studies have shown that children who grow up in poverty do poorer in school than those who do not. Now, a new study suggests part of the reason stems from changes in how the brains of these children grow and work. The study, which combined the expertise of neuroscientists and economists, found that the…

In Facing Your Giants, Max Lucado writes, “How long since you ran toward your challenge? We tend to retreat behind a desk of work or crawl into a nightclub of distraction or a bed of forbidden love. For a moment, a day, or a year, we feel safe, insulated, anesthetized, but then the work runs out, the…

In 2009, Cassandra Phillips launched a one-day conference celebrating failure in high tech world of Silicon Valley. The conference was successful for four years, and now Phillips says her conference isn’t needed any more because failure has become so common in high-tech ventures. In fact, according to…

A siesta, or afternoon nap, has been a tradition in some cultures for years. The custom is rarer in the larger cities these days, but in the countryside, the best way to escape the heat is still the siesta. In the small community of Ador, a police officer reads an announcement every afternoon advising…

In study published in the online journal PLOS ONE, suggests that when using social media, people need to be aware that the prevailing mood online is likely to influence them. The author of the study, James Fowler, professor of medical genetics and political science at the University of California says…