Look up the term “unintended consequences” and you’ll find an entire school of thought on the subject. According to one source, consequences of this sort can be classified as positive, negative or, ...

Our secular world has very low expectations for its citizens. Holiness seems out of reach and therefore unrealistic. “Have a nice day,” “Don’t do drugs,” “Don’t drink and drive” and “Don’t wear white ...

Humility has been lauded as a virtue in most world cultures and wisdom traditions. More recently, scientists have started to study humility, and they’re discovering its many benefits. “Psychologists ...

The recent casual remark of a friend got me to thinking about how people experience Easter differently. My friend and I discussed something Christians are constantly encouraged to consider, especially ...

ROME – Ahead of his beatification Sunday, the late Pope John Paul I has been praised by family and those who knew him as an example of humility and holiness, and whose brief, 33-day legacy has much to ...

“What is the last book you read that you remember reading and enjoying?” I ask students on the first day of the introductory litera­ture course I teach at a vocationally focused college. The class is ...

All of us have experienced situations in which we needed more confidence—in the classroom, on the athletic field, at work, on stage, or in our social lives. Along the way, our parents, teachers, ...

New Delhi: The sacred city of Jabalpur – known as Sanskar-dharani, the land of values – holds a divine place in history. It was here, on 13 September 1933, that a blessed child was born – the child ...