On July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and its king. Next week we celebrate the 241st anniversary of the Declaration. Many of us will celebrate with cookouts and watermelon. Some of us will participate in the Red, Whi...

What do you do when you're in a bind and don't know what to do? If the situation is desperate enough, you might well resort to desperate measures. In 1990, a 26-year-old man by the name of Danny Simpson of Ottawa, Canada was in dire financial straits. He wasn't quite sure what to do, but since his situation was desperate, he decided he should take desperate action. Simpso...

By just about every standard of measurement, Don was an average man at best. The family he was born into was financially stressed and relationally dysfunctional. Don was not a highly educated man. He dropped out of school after only seven years of formal education, thus choosing a path of hard physical labor. But Don was undaunted by his circumstances. He dreamed of a bett...