At the age of a woman named Man Kaur competed as India rsquo s oldest female athlete during the World Masters Athletic Championship in Poland Remarkably Kaur won gold in four events javelin shot put -meter dash and -meter run But most astounding she ran faster than she ran in the championship A great-grandmother running into her second century Kaur showed how to finish strong The apostle Paul wrote to Timothy a younger disciple of how he rsquo d entered his concluding years ldquo The time for my departure is near rdquo Paul wrote Timothy Reflecting on his life he [... more]

Don't miss a Christmas Eve Special broadcast from Building Relationships with Dr Gary Chapman You'll hear music and voices of the past celebrating the true meaning of Christmas God showed his love to us in the Word made flesh That relationship changes every other relationship in our lives Enjoy the warmth of conversations on a Christmas Eve edition of Building Relationships with Gary Chapman Featured resource Hosanna in Excelsis Hymns and Devotions for the Christmas SeasonSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On Christmas Eve the Apollo astronauts mdash Frank Borman Jim Lovell and Bill Anders mdash became the first humans to enter lunar orbit As they circled the moon ten times they shared images of the moon and the earth During a live broadcast they took turns reading from Genesis At the fortieth anniversary celebration Borman said ldquo We were told that on Christmas Eve we would have the largest audience that had ever listened to a human voice And the only instructions that we got from NASA was to do something appropriate rdquo The Bible verses spoken by the Apollo [... more]

On New Year rsquo s Eve when high-powered fireworks detonate across cities and towns worldwide the noise is loud on purpose By their nature say manufacturers flashy fireworks are meant to split the atmosphere literally ldquo Repeater rdquo blasts can sound the loudest especially when exploded near the ground Troubles too can boom through our hearts minds and homes The ldquo fireworks rdquo of life mdash family struggles relationship problems work challenges financial strain even church division mdash can feel like explosions rattling our emotional atmosphere Yet we know the One who lifts us over this uproar Christ Himself ldquo [... more]

On a cold Christmas Eve in Belgium in the sound of singing floated from the trenches where soldiers were dug in Strains of the carol ldquo Silent Night rdquo rang out in German and then in English Soldiers who earlier in the day had been shooting at each other laid down their weapons and emerged from their trenches to shake hands in the ldquo no man rsquo s land rdquo between them exchanging Christmas greetings and spontaneous gifts from their rations The ceasefire continued through the next day as the soldiers talked and laughed and even organized soccer matches together [... more]