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THE STORY May 08, 2012
Some days are hard. Some days are so full of stress and anxiety and fear and heartache that you long to get away.
And perhaps you have done just that. Maybe you went to an all-inclusive resort in paradise where you lounged on the beach all day. Or maybe your choice was a cozy ski resort in the ...
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THE STORY May 02, 2012
One day in the late Spring they came to his cell in the Mamertine Prison in Rome and opened the door. His executioners led him out of the city on the Ostian Road.
As they were walking out, other travelers would have been walking into Rome. They would have paid him little attention. No one ...
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THE STORY Apr 17, 2012
If you saw her backstage you never would have imagined what fame was soon to come her way. She walked out on the stage in a frumpy dress. Slightly mussed up hair. Bushy eyebrows. Seemingly a bit old and odd for the competition. But the moment she began to sing on Britain’s Got Talent she ...
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THE STORY Apr 10, 2012
William Pilkenton was one month away from turning eight years old. His family had traveled from Bellingham, Washington, to Tofino, British Columbia for a vacation. He and his father were walking up from the beach when his father turned to look for him and realized he was gone.
When children go ...
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THE STORY Apr 03, 2012
In the spring of 2010 archaeologists unearthed a 3,500-year-old door to the afterlife from the tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian official near Karnak temple in Luxor. This door was meant to take the official from death to the afterworld.
Jack found another door to the afterlife. He taught ...
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