Category: Inspiring News

PHOTOS: ‘Between Fire and Ice,’ the Incredible Volcanoes and Ice Caves of Kamchatka, Far East Russia

At first glance, it may look like a computer-generated scenery from a fantasy film, but the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East is a living, breathing, erupting landscape as real as the day is long. The 777-mile-long peninsula, spanning from the Pacific Ocean on its east coast to the Sea of Okhotsk on the…


Soldiers Exhume 1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Convent With Breathtaking Mosaic Floor in Military Zone in Israel

A decades-old discovery of ruins of biblical significance was re-excavated this past summer, after being reburied once previously, in a joint Israeli military-antiquities conservation undertaking. Twenty years ago, a pair of Israeli researchers unearthed an ancient ecclesiastical site at Horbat Hani, in the foothills east of the then fledgling upscale settlement of Soham. Located here…


Shocked Couple Are Expecting Rare, Naturally Conceived ‘One in 100,000’ Identical Triplets

A couple who wanted a baby girl were shocked when they found out that they were expecting not one, but three daughters—identical triplets. Washington-born Heather Muscha Metcalf, 31, and her husband, Tyler Muscha, 37, are currently settled in Tyler’s home state of North Dakota in the town of Mandan. Heather has two children from her previous…


Christian School Pastor Will Refer to Students by ‘Biological Sex,’ Stares Down Death Threats, Media Lambaste

A private Christian school in Florida remains stalwart in their conviction after being spotlighted in an NBC article for saying they will refer to students according to their “biological gender,” while asking “gay and transgender students to leave.” The school has received praise and death threats for standing their ground. School administrator Pastor Barry McKeen,…


PHOTOS: Photographer Captures Ocean in Its Many Moods: ‘The Luckiest Person in the World’

These jaw-dropping images of ocean waves reveal the true majesty of nature. But behind the glorious shots is a human story of suffering transformed into joy, told by none other than the genius who took them, ocean photographer Ray Collins. “The ocean is all I’ve ever known. I learned many of life’s lessons from the…


Widows Fall in Love After Tragic Loss of Both Their Spouses, Become Blended Family of 8

A second chance at a happily-ever-after came for two widows from Wisconsin when they met after both having lost their spouses in sudden, tragic circumstances. Steve Ullmer, 42, and his second wife, Erin, 40, have now been married for four years. Together, they parent six children: four from Steve’s first marriage, and two from Erin’s….


How to Do Greetings Properly, Like a Gentleman—According to an Etiquette Manual From the 1880s

CARLYLE says: “What we call ‘formulas’ are not in their origin bad; they are indisputably good. Formula is method, habitude; found wherever man is found. Formulas fashion themselves as paths do, as beaten highways leading toward some sacred, high object, whither many men are bent. Consider it: One man full of heartfelt, earnest impulse finds out…


VIDEO: Deputy Leaves Car Door Open, Finds Goats on Roof, Inside Munching Paperwork, ‘Don’t You Eat That!’

A Madison County sheriff’s deputy had a funny run-in with a pair of hoofed hooligans while out serving civil papers one late August Friday morning. Alabama Deputy Casey Thrower had left his cruiser for a mere moment, but returned to find a pair of horned visitors—goats, eager and hungry—atop and inside his patrol vehicle. Though…


Homeowner Finds Gold Coins From King James I Era Under Floorboards Amid Kitchen Reno, to Fetch $290,000

Just beneath the floorboards and concrete of their home in rustic Ellerby, North Yorkshire, one fortunate couple exhumed a small but precious cache of old, glistening English gold. Found in situ under 6 or 8 inches of soil, during a kitchen reno reportedly, the find consisted of a small Staffordshire-ware container, no larger than a…


PHOTOS: Bengal Cat’s Majestic Coat Makes Him Look Like Half Tiger and Half Leopard

Thor the Bengal cat has one of the most beautiful coats you’ll ever see. With stripes on his head and spots on his back and belly, Thor looks like a leopard-tiger cross. His owners say he’s a massive character, too. Owing to his magnetic looks and personality, the 9-year-old feline is famous the world over and has…