Behind the rescue at the Sago Mine

I have no friends, no family, no acquaintances in Tallmansville, West Virginia. But over the past few days, as the Sago Coal Mine disaster has unfolded, I have prayed for the trapped miners and their families.Prayer is a faith response to tragedy. Christians often turn to prayer at such times, ... Continue reading

The navigator

Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell was lost, but given the unbroken fog his fleet had been wandering through and the abysmal state of 18th-century navigation, he was fortunate to be off-course by only a few dozen nautical miles. He didn't know that, of course. Neither did he know that his fortune, or ... Continue reading