1904, Strasbourg, France: Albert Schweitzer, a 30-year-old Lutheran minister and theology professor at the University of Strasbourg, was paging through a Paris Missionary Society publication when he read an article by a doctor about the dire medical needs of people in...
On the day he was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, his uncle nicknamed him Sparky after a horse named “Spark Plug” in the Barney Google comic strip. The nickname stayed with him and confirmed his destiny. Throughout his childhood, Sparky and his daddy shared a special...
He knew the pain of being labeled inept, incompetent, too old, and too unconventional. He was considered to be a B-rated cowboy movie yahoo who might have done okay as governor, but wasn’t smart enough to handle U.S foreign policy and certainly not capable of being...
Summer 1997 – Los Angeles, California: Too disappointed to speak, fifteen-year-old Misty Copeland sat on the sofa in the living room of her ballet teacher, Cindy Bradley. Misty held the rejection letter from a top American ballet academy. It read, “Thank you for...
Sunday, December 18, 1983 – Fayetteville, Arkansas: Arkansas Head Football Coach Lou Holtz had just returned from church when Athletic Director Franks Broyles called and asked him to come by his office. When Holtz arrived, Broyles got right to the point, “Lou, I want...
May 6, 1954 – Oxford University – Oxford, England: The day dawned with heavy rain and strong, gusty winds. It was not weather conducive to running and he thought about dropping out of the scheduled race that afternoon at the old Iffley Road Track on the Oxford...
