We love a good underdog story. We love it when the little guy stands up to the big guy, even though the odds look impossible. But is audacious heroism always a good thing? Listen to the story of one man who tried to be a hero and what resulted from his defiance.

In 1968, three men went to the moon for Christmas. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders were the crew of Apollo 8, and on Christmas Eve 1968 they shared a momentous message with the world, a message that still holds the power to lend us some much-needed Christmas perspective.

Did a lowly postage stamp alter the course of history? Join me for the fascinating story of how the Panama Canal almost never became a reality (it involves volcanoes) and for an important reminder of the influences that shape the course of history.

How many words do you hear every day? What does it take for those words to really stick? Listen to this personal story about a simple comment that had a profound and lasting impact.

Funny, isn’t it, how good we are at finding mistakes? There may only be one imperfection in an otherwise flawless pattern or project, but our eyes immediately fix on that one fault. Bowen learned the hard way how destructive that tendency can be. Join me as we hear his story and learn a valuable lesson about criticism.

Where did we get the phrase “Read the Riot Act”? The Riot Act, put in effect by British Parliament in 1715, was designed to combat angry protestors. But did it work? Travel with me to August 16, 1819 to witness an attempt to silence a crowd of 60,000 people and learn a lesson about dealing with disagreement.

We have all been exasperated by the rules and regulations we are sometimes asked to follow. Does God have anything to say about that? Join me this episode for a story about a Jewish man, a coin, and a principle for how we ought to respond to inconvenient or unfair rules.

Have you ever laughed at what little kids think is important? This story about a two-year-old and some flashing lights shows us that it all has to do with perspective, and maybe we all need our point of view adjusted.

We know the fairy tale as “The Frog Prince“, but when they wrote it, the Grimm brothers also gave it an alternate title: “Iron Henry”. Join me this episode as we meet Henry, find out what he has in common with John the Baptist, and learn the lesson they both have to teach us.

Maybe you have never thought to ask… What did the Old Testament tabernacle smell like? Join me for a visit to the ancient Jewish camp as we answer that question and consider an important principle for our own lives.