Few saints are better known than St. Augustine, who lived in the fourth century. He was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings greatly influenced the development ...
I recently read “1776” by David McCullough, the history of the American Revolution. Early on, McCullough describes the supreme commander of the American forces, our first president, George Washington. Washington ...
When I was a priest in Bolivia, living in a village on the shore of Lake Titicaca, a man came to the door saying he was part of a crew ...
“Rachel” is a self-proclaimed workaholic. She’s too busy to eat lunch so she skips it, saying she just “eats stress.” At night, to avoid awakening her husband, Rachel sleeps with ...
At age 25, Libby Osgood, “wearing heels and a sculpted black skirt with just a hint of pink,” stood in a room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center filled with ...
Social scientists, I’ve noticed, often try to use scientific studies to explain human emotions, and sentiments like kindness – with limited success, in my opinion. The National Public Radio (NPR) ...