Once there was an absent-minded college professor who was so absorbed in his field of teaching and research that he had trouble remembering even the simplest events and details of daily life. As he was leaving for work one morning, his wife said...
The world’s largest democracy is India, a large and important nation in Asia with over one billion inhabitants and a turbulent history. In the 18th century, the British and French fought over India; Great Britain gained the upper hand, and added...
The greatest leader in Israel’s history was King David, who lived over 1000 years before Christ. As a youth, he had killed the giant Goliath, and as a man, he was constantly fighting and defeating Israel’s enemies, which led to the twelve...
One of the most vicious and hateful organizations in American history was, and is, the Ku Klux Klan, or KKK; it was founded down South after the Civil War, and it targeted, terrorized, and persecuted blacks and other minorities, Jews, and Catholics...
Once there was an older, very stern, upright, humorless woman—we’ll call her Mrs. Pendergast—who wasn’t feeling well. She went to see a doctor, who began by asking her some routine questions. “Do you drink at all...
I’ve always liked the TV game show Jeopardy, and if I don’t have an evening meeting or appointment, I’ll try to tune in for the Final Jeopardy question during the show’s last five minutes to see if I can answer it; I’ll know the correct answer...
Some years ago a fisherman—someone we’ll call Pete—was in a rowboat out on a bay that connected to the ocean. It was a quiet night, except for a loud-mouthed man on a yacht anchored in the bay; because of his incoherent singing and shouting, it was...
In 1989 a Christian relief organization named World Vision began an assistance project in the African nation of Ethiopia, building an irrigation system for the impoverished residents of a remote, arid valley. The relief workers had to contend not...
