Introduction: Dr. Karl Menninger was an American psychiatrist who founded the Menninger Foundation and Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. He believed that the number one reason that most people ended up…
Introduction: Last week “Jeopardy” quiz show host Alex Trebek stated that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which carries a very low survival rate. Mr. Trebek vowed…
Introduction: Kenneth Lee Lay was an American businessman. He played a leading role in the corruption scandal that led to the downfall of the Enron Corporation. Lay was the CEO…
Introduction: Telemachus was a monk who lived in the 4th century. He felt God calling him, “To go to Rome.” He put his possessions in a sack and set out…
Introduction: Jenny Smith was a young girl who once stood outside her small church in Philadelphia “because it was always too crowded.” She would whimper, “I can’t go to Sunday…
Introduction: Duke University went along with 93 other colleges in demanding that the Methodist church stop believing that homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching. Unreal! We live in a world…
Introduction: Just over a hundred years ago, artist Vincent Van Gogh was feeling rejected and forgotten so he shot himself in the chest. He left behind hundreds of drawings and…
Introduction: Our lives are filled with tests. There are all kinds of tests. We take driver’s tests, drug tests, stress tests, pregnancy tests, sobriety tests, eye tests, and doctors have…
Introduction: On June 27, 2009 at 5:30 am in Shanghai, China at the Lotus Riverside Plaza a 13-story residential apartment complex fell over landing almost completely intact and just missing…
Introduction: Have you ever heard of a “walking fish?” Well, the axolotl (pronounced “Ax-oh-lot-ul) salamander is known as the Mexican walking fish. However, it really is not a fish and…