
ODB: The Holy Grail
For centuries, people have been fascinated by the Holy Grail—the cup Jesus drank from at the Last Supper.

ODB: The Way Wisdom Works
As a child, I brought home a report card with all S’s, which stood for Satisfactory. My sister, who was five years older than me, had a mixture of A’s and B’s.

ODB: Thriving in God’s Presence
Zoologists describe what they call “turtle dancing”—the charming behavior of loggerhead turtles when they are in the presence of food.

ODB: Lavish Love
It was my grandson’s eleventh birthday, and a group of family members gathered at a Mediterranean restaurant to celebrate.

ODB: A Shepherd’s Heart
“A baby deer is caught in our fence!” Heather called to her husband, Tim. He gently set it free, but its mother was nowhere to be seen.

ODB: Walk by Faith
The woman walked gingerly up each step to the church’s sanctuary for that night’s prayer service.

ODB: Team Effort in Christ
In 1869, construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. Soon after work commenced, chief engineer Washington Roebling became very ill.

ODB: Remaining in Jesus
“A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered.” These words, uttered by a character in C. S. Lewis’ book Out of the Silent Planet, depict the joy one has in reminiscing over cherished experiences in life

ODB: Praying to Grow
After Lam Wai Chan moved from his native Singapore to pastor a church in Japan, he panicked. The church had barely twenty members.
