I'm not the sort of person who enjoys crouching underneath picnic tables. On this particular afternoon, however, my family and I were enjoying lunch in a beautiful park when my wife suddenly yelled, "Get down!" and dived beneath the table. She spoke and moved with such authority that we all foll...
One of the most dramatic moments in the past 30 years is the fall of the Berlin Wall. Among the more commonly understood causes of this event was a pact between Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II to join hands in an effort to bring down Communism in Eastern Europe. Another factor was Reagan's h...
The Sabbath as a sign of salvation
Early monsoon season strands thousands at Hindu religious sites
Former police officer has already served church as missionary, treasurer
I walked around the corner to the benches outside the lab, and sitting there was a thin but strong Arabic woman with a large gold ring in her nose. She was squeezing a stress ball as the blood flowed from her arm into a blood bag. I smiled at her, and she smiled back at me—not at all shyly. But w...