By most political and worldly standards, Catherine II was a successful monarch. She had her share of enemies and detractors, and there were those who questioned her legitimacy as the ruler of Russia. Her moral and ethical choices might have raised… Continue reading

August 5, 2009: The Real Paul The Apostle Paul was "a conflict-ridden polemicist" who became "the future of an ancient movement of unlettered, agrarian, Semitic-speaking, indigenous Palestinians," writes New Testament scholar Allen Dwight Callahan. I am not sure I could… Continue reading

KIM LAWTON, anchor: A tense national debate about racial profiling has continued since Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was arrested in his Cambridge home for disorderly conduct. Gates, who is African-American, was arrested by Sergeant James Crowley, a white… Continue reading

Jeff Howell, 28, an Iraq War veteran who served 2004-2006, seeks solace in prayer during a Point Man International Ministries meeting, a support group for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in Leetonia, Ohio. via www.usatoday.com More people are surviving… Continue reading

I am sure this is true in most quarters …  August 5, 2009 by Rick JervisUSA Today LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. — The Rev. Michael Owens says nothing compares with dunking someone toward salvation. Owens, the pastor at New Hope Baptist… Continue reading

Teddy Roosevelt is quoted in 1912 as saying, "My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff." It strikes the eyes a bit crude and un-presidential, but the blunt truth is a pretty fair… Continue reading

I love to hear Les Brown. I can hear his stories over and over again and still benefit.   He is compelling and encouraging.   Enjoy a little Les today to get yourself going.   Tom Wood and Les Brown… Continue reading

"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else." – Laurence J. Peter "A goal properly set is halfway reached." – Zig Ziglar "Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh… Continue reading

You have today to do, to be, to experience, and to share whatever it is that burns within you heart to do, be, experience, and share. You have today, and while it may not be enough for you, it is… Continue reading

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." – Walter Bagehot It is such an enduring truth and ever inspiring plot of great drama – the triumph of the underdog agasinst all odds. Some soul,… Continue reading