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The Debt We Owe to Suffering
- Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized
- August 15, 2025
“It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood A beautiful day for a neighbor Would you be mine? Could you be mine?” That’s the opening to the song written, composed, and made famous by Fred Rogers on his long-running show for children. That song came to mind this past week when I was sitting on my
READ MORELet’s clear up some confusion often conveyed by the media. A headline for an article borrowed from The Epoch Times reads, “US Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low.” The headline for the actual article on The Epoch Times more accurately reads, “Births in US Increase as Fertility Rate Drops.” People often confuse birth rates with fertility rates. The Encyclopedia Britannica
READ MOREFrom its beginnings, America was a praying nation. On June 7, 1775, for instance, the Continental Congress issued a proclamation put together by John Adams, William Hooper, and Robert Paine that set aside a day of “humiliation, fasting, and prayer” in hopes “that a speedy end may be put to the civil discord between Great Britain and
READ MOREIn his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy famously urged, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” That sentence shines with rhetorical beauty and balance, but might be more accurate by changing one word: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you
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