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A rare earthquake in North Carolina brought Scripture to life for frightened churchgoers. A lector at the outdoor Sunday mass at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church had just reached a Bible passage in which the prophet Elijah intoned, “After the wind there was an earthquake—but the Lord was not in the earthquake,”…

2020 was an unbelievably bad season for the Chicago Bears. They found themselves losing in the wild card round of the playoffs into which they had inadvertently backed through many losses. All this tragedy happened even though coach Matt Nagy made the difficult decision earlier in the season of laying…

Professional illusionist Jackson Rayne took the stage at a Wildlife Park in Georgia and set a new world record by escaping from straightjackets 300 times in eight hours. Rayne was trying to beat the earlier record of 193 escapes which was set by a British man in 2003. Rayne said the feat was done by…

The CBS Drama Blue Bloods includes in almost every episode a Sunday Dinner where four generations of the family get together to reconnect and process their lives. A rare event these days. Certainly, the four generations part, but also the sitting down and talking about life over a meal. Busy schedules…

We live in an instant world where we expect to have real-time communication with others. However, technology does not always meet our expectations. On Feb. 14, 2019 users sent well over 150,000 text messages that did not arrive until early November of 2019 due to a problem with one of Syniverse’s servers.…

In You'll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times, Max Lucado writes, “Don’t let the crisis paralyze you. Don’t let the sadness overwhelm you. Don’t let the fear intimidate you. To do nothing is the wrong thing. To do something is the right thing. And to believe is the highest thing.…

A crew assisting with the demolition of a 115- year- old church to make way for affordable housing found a previously unknown time capsule hidden by the cornerstone. The company Earthwise Architectural Salvage was removing stained glass windows and other valuable items before the structure was brought…

In England some schools are switching to digital clocks. It seems as if fewer and fewer students know how to tell time from analog clocks. The Week, May 11, 2018 p. 6 Instead of teaching children to tell time, educators choose to avoid the learning by dumbing down the requirements. It is important for…

In You'll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times, Max Lucado writes, “Turbulent times will tempt you to forget God. Shortcuts will lure you. Sirens will call you. But don’t be foolish or naive. Do what pleases God. Nothing more, nothing less.” You’ll Get Through This, page 41. 1 John…

A Chinese computer programmer was receiving up to 300 texts per day from his girlfriend. It was disturbing his work, but he didn’t want to ignore them because he feared hurting her feelings. Li Kaixiang developed a program that sent a realistic response automatically. After she discovered his ruse, she…

As America struggled with political turmoil, a pandemic, and division, the response of Lean Brinker brought peace and hope to her neighbors. Brinker said she had experienced the loss of both grandparents and she wanted to show her neighbors that they did not need to live in fear. The prayer march in…

While the whole world reels from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many feel hopeless as a result, Queen Elizabeth issues her first ever Easter message in 2020, filled with hope for her subjects during this time of crisis. She reminds us that Easter is not cancelled this year but remains “a symbol…

A new study that analyzed security camera footage found that: “91% of the time, bystanders watching the incidents [aggressive fights] intervened to, physically gesturing for an aggressor to calm down, physically blocking an aggressor or pulling an aggressor away, consoling the victim.” —Jim L. Wilson…

Bob Bement has enjoyed working with wood for a long time. He has made toys, shelves, and more. During the coronavirus pandemic, Bement focused on chairs, especially small chairs that could be used by children. He learned about the need when he decided to donate a couple of small chairs to a nearby women’s…

We have so many things to distract us from what is important. It used to be the television that kept us from the important things like prayer and bible study. According to research firm EMarketer the new biggest distraction is our mobile devices. The average adult in America will spend 3 hours 43 minutes…

Eight-year-old Greyson Winfield keeps busy feeding the hungry and mowing lawns for first responders and single mothers. Greyson told his parents that he wanted to help people, so they helped him start an organization called Helping Footprint. Greyson’s organization collects donations for buying food…

I am not sure if we own them or if they own us. Research from Asurion shows that Americans average checking their smart phones every 10 minutes. While they say they are doing this to stay connected with their friends and family they acknowledge that their phones get in the way of their face-to-face conversations.…

According to Open Doors, In 2020 there were: • Over 340 million Christians living in places where they might experience persecution and discrimination • 4,761 Christians martyred • 4,488 churches and other Christian buildings attacked • 4,277 believers detained without trial, arrested, sentenced or imprisoned.…

Writing to business executives, Peter Drucker says, “. . . one cannot rent, hire, buy, or otherwise obtain more time. The supply of time is totally inelastic. No matter how high the demand, the supply will not go up. . . . Moreover, time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday’s time is…

Writing to business executives, Peter Drucker says, “. . . only constant efforts at managing time can prevent drifting [into wasting time]. Systematic time management is therefore the next step. One has to find the nonproductive, time-wasting activities and get rid of them if one possibly can” —Jim L.…

Paul David Tripp’s life changed big time in 2014. He went into a hospital for a checkup but ended up hospitalized with kidney failure. Over the next few months, he endured six surgeries and lived with excruciating pain and perpetual fatigue. Out of the experienced he shared his experience and offers…

In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “Studies have shown that people who spend excessive time on social media experience higher rates of depression and anxiety. A 2013 study by social scientists at the University of Michigan, for instance, tracked the use of Facebook by eighty-two young adults over…

Much of the Pixar movie Inside Out? takes place inside Riley’s head, an 11-year-old girl, with five emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust embodied by characters who help Riley navigate her world. Early in the film, Joy admits that she doesn’t understand what Sadness is for or why it’s in Riley’s…

A survey conducted by Monday.com suggests that a lot of people do not know how they are spending their time at work and more than a third of people believed their managers did not know what they were working on. Jody Greenstone Miller, CEO of the Business Talent Group, said employees need clarity about…

“As a personal commodity, money is extremely elastic, in that you can theoretically accumulate an infinite amount of it, and your income fluctuates at different points in your life. Time, by contrast, is intrinsically inelastic: You cannot accumulate more of it, and you’ve never had any less of it. You…