Listen to inspirational stories of faith by well-known leaders, professionals, sports heroes and overcomers. Text transcripts for most of the life stories are also available.

"Well, none of us in the astronaut program volunteered for fame or fortune. If everybody was like me they volunteered for the thrill of adventure and sense of exploration - to see what it was like out there with your own eyes and your own feelings. And also have that adventure of sitting on top of a Saturn rocket that was 360 feet tall, almost 120 meters, 11 meters in diameter and weighed six and a half million pounds as it sat on the launch pad. That was going to be some ride."

"One thing many people ask me is did I feel close to God. The answer is no, I did not. It was not a spiritual experience for me. I didn't feel close to God. I wasn't searching for God. I didn't think I needed God in my life at that stage of my life. I had about all of God that I thought I needed and that was one hour every Sunday morning. And I was a faithful attender at church. And I'd been in church all my life. I knew a lot about God."

"I looked at them and I did see a love and a joy in them that I didn't have. I was very aware that I was dying inside. And so I wondered if what they were telling was the truth. Was it really true? Did Jesus really answer prayers? I never thought I had a prayer answered. But I thought, "I have tried everything else to find fulfillment and purpose in life, and I haven't tried this." And so I decided to try it, to try God - the way they were saying - and see if it's really true. And it was about time to open the closed door and see if there really was a God there."

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Check out Charlie & Dottie Duke's blog site to read their story transcript, see video of Charlie's Moon walk and talk about the Duke's story.

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