The bar is shockingly low. — We love to destroy our heroes. Such is the mood of the age, we look for reasons to tear down men and women who do great things in life. If their lives don’t mesh with our modern sensibilities, we take sadistic joy in seeing them crumble. What does it take…

Stop ruminating on the old and embrace a new reality. — Most people believe that with enough time, they’ll be able to let go of the past and move on to a better future. …

Following your dreams means knowing which opportunities are right for you — I had waited years for this day. As I stood at the base of the mountain, I looked up to where it pierced the sky and visualized myself climbing to the top. All the work, the challenging climbs on smaller mountains, the years spent in practice and studying — it…

A noble knight tries to rid a village of a that holds it captive. — The noble knight, Rowan, crested the hilltop and looked into the valley below, unsure of which way to go. The valley was green and wide and lay between a fork in the road. One road led into the rocky mountains to the west. The other led east, across the flat…

And it’s exactly what we need right now. — It is tempting to think things have never been worse. These days, all you have to do is scroll through social media or turn on the news to see your every fear come true. From pandemics to climate change, to politics, to wars, there’s no shortage of doom. …

Reignite your sense of wonder and read the Bible with new eyes — Can I be honest for a minute? The Bible has pretty weird stuff in it. The problem is, most people who read the Bible rarely recognize how unique some of its contents are. So the Bible grows stale. I grew up hearing stories from the Bible, so in some ways…

Wisdom for anyone who wants to be a writer. — There’s only one thing can make you a better writer. It’s not a technique, a hack, or nine secret steps. It is far more powerful than those things. You only become a better writer by having a routine. When you write and publish consistently for a long time, you learn…

A bank robbery attempt goes hilariously wrong when would-be robbers meet their pint-sized match — The entire ordeal began as a good idea — or so we thought. It was 1920 and my brother, Mason, and I was in Tennessee trying to raise capital on some get-rich land speculation scheme out West when the idea of robbing a bank struck us. Of course, we’d tried…

One couple’s camping trip take a deadly turn — Brad and Cassie were running late when they got lost. Cassie had taken a few extra minutes to fix her makeup in the truck stop restroom, so Brad insisted they take a shortcut to make up time. For the past twenty minutes, they’d ridden in silence–Brad driving and Cassie staring…