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Benjamin Franklin learned with his experiments that plaster helps make things grow better. He told his neighbors, but they did not believe him. They argued with him, saying that something inorganic like plaster would be of no use to grass or grain.

The Sequoia trees of California tower as high as 300 feet above the ground. Strangely, these giants have unusually shallow root systems that reach out in all directions to surface moisture. You will seldom see a redwood standing alone because high winds will quickly uproot one growing by itself. That’s why they grow in clusters. Their intertwining roots provide support for one another against the storms. To blow one down, the whole forest would have to uproot and tip on its s

When we lived in Wisconsin, occasionally we’d take our kids to UW basketball games. During some of the time-outs, the cheerleaders and pom-pom girls would go through the seating areas and throw little red basketballs into the stands for people to keep as souvenirs.

Flying an airplane isn’t easy. I learned that quickly when I began flight training almost three years ago.

It was early in my freshman year of high school. I was happy because it was a rare day for me to eat hot lunch in the school cafeteria, rather than the usual bologna sandwich from a brown paper bag.

It happened again. I have a hard time resisting a Wendy’s chocolate Frosty. So much so that it seems every time I buy one, I wind up with a brain freeze.

Dr. Fred Faust tells of the following man: “Early in my ministry, I met a man named Worral. He had been stricken with rheumatoid arthritis at age 15, and when I met him 30 years later, he was totally paralyzed except for 1 finger, could barely speak and was totally blind.

When the type on his printer began to grow faint, Bob called a local repair shop, where a friendly clerk informed him the printer probably needed only to be cleaned. Because the store charged $50 for cleanings, he told Bob he might be better off reading the printer’s manual and trying the job himself.

There are days, and sometimes weeks, when disappointing circumstances can seem overwhelming. You feel like you're barely keeping your emotional head above the water, and then you see a giant wave approaching.