What do you think Heaven will be like? The Twilight Zone episode “A Nice Place to Visit” from 1960 starts at the moment Rocky Valentine, a stereotypical bad guy, dies,…
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The weeping caught me off guard, especially since the tears were mine, and I was trying to speak. As part of a Sunday School class, we were supposed to be…
Just as the COVID-19 pandemic was ramping up, I had a work trip that required multiple gas and restaurant stops, and two nights of hotel stays. Perfect time to test…
A few lessons the COVID-19 pandemic can teach us about being Christian, especially in times of trouble. Relationships are important. As the pandemic spreads, health departments recommend avoiding groups of…
It was time to get out of there. In August 1910, gale-force winds swept two enormous wildfires together, leaving Ed Pulaski and his firefighting crew trapped in a canyon in…
“Is this a successful operation?” In his book Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, Father Greg Boyle says he gets that question a lot from potential donors…
It seems counterintuitive. More cushioning should make for a softer landing. But as Christopher McDougall writes in his book Born To Run, that’s not always true. In a series of…
What if we could see how much energy gets sucked up by our electric-powered machines, simply by plugging them in? That was the idea behind the Power-Aware Cord, one of…
“It’s such a great scam, quite honestly,” said Steve Wahrlich. Every few days, a customer arrives at his hotel, The Best Western Clocktower Inn in Billings, convinced they have a…