All four of these young men volunteered to serve their country in the United States Army. All four were chaplains. Alexander, George, Clark and John. On the night of February 2, 1943, all four of these chaplains were serving together aboard the...
We have been told that we should not sweat the small stuff. Don't worry, be happy. Such advice is easier to give than to live. We usually end up sweating the small stuff and dreading the big stuff. Most of us worry about anything and everything.
Americans are obsessed with their appearance more than ever before. Obsessing over your appearance can be quite unhealthy, leading to anxiety, depression and eating disorders. Sixty percent of adult women have negative thoughts about their...
Cultural trends are both intriguing and terrifying. They are those widespread changes in our culture that spring into existence and change the way we think and act, and what we like and call good. How do they start and catch on? Why do they end...
Many of us are haunted by our sins and failures of the past. We have regrets, and we wish we could go back in time and start all over. If we knew then what we know now, we would have behaved differently. Yet, the past is sealed from today. We...
Many of us suffer from low expectations in religion. We see statues rather than saints and ritual rather than reality. Others have no expectations and are just going through the motions of a tired tradition. It is like having a superficial...
The world may be to us like the water a fish has swam in since birth. It is our natural environment and so we just take it for granted. We may never question why things are the way they are.
Two salesmen were sent to a foreign island to sell shoes. After a while, the first shoe salesman wrote back to his company: "Business is terrible, nobody wears shoes down here." Then the second shoe salesman wrote back: "Business...
People swallow some ideas whole, at face value, especially if they are frequently repeated in mainstream media or daily conversation. Everyone's doing it, so it must be right. Everyone thinks that way, so it must be true. You have heard it said...
You have heard it said that the book is always better than the movie. If you have read a book that is later made into a movie, many times you will be disappointed when you see the film. The movie doesn't always get it right. It may leave things...