From Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story behind the Song

Give a special treat to your own little dumplings

You can have a life filled with awe at any age. You can arise each morning inspired, with a sense that many opportunities stretch before you. Awe is a power unto itself, and by its very nature transforms us. Kirk

From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings

In this James Cameron sci-fi film, humans and an alien species, the Na'vi, are at war on the planet of Pandora over the its valuable resources. A former Marine is made into an Avatar (genetically created Na'vi-human hybrid) to infiltrate

Two officers assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service, played by Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson, are tasked with notifying the family members of fallen soldiers. They must stay emotionally detached, but one of them has a problem doing so.

Try a new twist on turkey this Thanksgiving

Nell Minow selects the film coaches who've inspired and motivated us through their encouragement of the athletes they teach and guide on screen.

From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings

As many of us struggle to get it all right, Martha Williamson feels if we recognize we're a work in progress, that's when we can really start enjoying the journey.

Low on ingredients but not on taste

PERSONAL BACKGROUND: The name Obadiah means "Servant of Yahweh" (literally -- "One who serves or worships Jehovah"). This prophecy has the distinction of being the shortest book in the OT. There are twelve different individuals in the OT with this

Historical Introduction: Zephaniah the prophet prophesied during the reign of King Josiah who ascended his throne in 639 BC. at the age of eight years-old (2 Chronicles 34-35). The book of Zephaniah was written before 629 BC when Josiah found

Background: The prophet Habakkuk is generally believed to have written his book in the mid to late 7th century BCE, not long before the Babylonians' siege and capture of Jerusalem. Author: Habakkuk identifies himself as a prophet in the opening

Josephus had acted as a mediator for the Romans and, when negotiations failed, witnessed the siege and aftermath. He wrote: "Now as soon as the army had no more people to slay or to plunder, because there remained none to

Carchemish (now Karkamis) was an important ancient city of the northern Hittite empire, located on the border between Turkey and Syria. It was also the location of one of the decisive battles in world history. It was here that the

Background: When the Assyrian capital Nineveh was overrun by the Babylonians in 612 BC, the Assyrians moved their capital to Harran. When Harran was captured by the Babylonians in 610 BC, the capital was once again moved, this time to

Easton's Bible Dictionary additionally states concerning Necho, or Necho II: An Egyptian king, the son and successor of Psammetichus, (B.C. 610), the contemporary of Josiah, king of Judah. For some reason he proclaimed war against the king of Assyria. He

In 1975 the first few pieces of 200 clay bullae were discovered in the shop of an antiquities dealer in East Jerusalem.1 Bullae are lumps of clay which were attached to documents and impressed with a seal. From the shape

Ezekiel Chapter 12 - Zedekiah was the last king of Judah (see Kings of Israel and Judah) before the fall to the Babylonians. Ezekiel had been taken into exile to Babylon in the earlier deportation (the prophet Jeremiah remained in