The radio engineers who work at RBC Ministries were getting ready to broadcast a program via satellite. They had prepared everything, including the satellite link. But just as they were to begin uploading, the signal to the satellite was lost. Confused, the engineers labored to reconnect the link, but nothing worked. Then they got the word?the satellite was gone. Literally. The satellite had suddenly and surprisingly fallen from the sky. It was no longer there.

Got Botox? A lot of people do. Some take Botox treatments for health matters, but many take them be-cause they want to look young again.

Five-year-old Jenna was not having a good start to her day. Every attempt to arrange the world according to her liking was having the opposite result. Arguing didn?t work. Pouting didn?t work. Crying didn?t work. Finally her mother reminded her of the Bible verse she had been learning: ?Your Word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You? (Ps. 119:11).

Our world has become increasingly noisy. But according to a news report, science has found a way to achieve absolute silence: ?Scientists have shown off the blueprint for an ?acoustic cloak,? which could make objects impervious to sound waves. The technology, outlined in the New Journal of Physics, could be used to build sound-proof homes, advanced concert halls, or stealth warships.?

During a church leaders? conference at Seattle Pacific University, noted pastor Earl Palmer recalled an experience that shaped his teaching and preaching for half a century.