IN A Lebanon gym, the squeak of sneakers and the thud of basketballs bounce off the empty bleachers. A group of young athletes navigates through cone drills, focusing intently on their footwork and ball-handling skills. Coach Jonathan Barfield observes from the...

BEFORE THEY were All-Americans, before the college commitments and championship routines, the Price sisters were three girls growing up in Lebanon. They were raised by a mom who never missed a practice and shaped by the memory of a dad who set the bar high. Their...

SOMETIMES, KEEPING one promise plants the seed for another to bloom. In a small Romanian village around 1999, a young boy didn’t expect much from the visiting missionaries. He had cut his arm on a piece of glass and came to see a missionary doctor for help. The doctor...

THERE ARE no limits to what you can achieve, especially when your purpose is bigger than yourself. For Paul Nawiesniak, that purpose — his “why” — has always been veterans. The people who raised their right hand and answered the call, only to return to a system that...