50 years ago today President John F. Kennedy spoke the words most widely recognized today as being German: "Ich bin ein Berliner." (more…)

The apostle Paul compared the life of a Christian to a race run by a trained athlete competing for a prize: "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? . . . They do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown" (1 Corinthians 9:24-25). (more…)

What will happen in the coming months and years with Europe's common currency, the euro? For some time now various conflicting "expert opinions" on the future of the euro zone are being circulated. (more…)

The flood of 2002 in Germany and the Czech Republic was called a "century flood". It had a big effect on the city of Grimma in the German state of Saxony ("Sachsen"). (more…)