Religion

The Colosseum and the Visceral Reality of History 0
- Culture, Education, Featured, History, Religion
- December 17, 2025
The Colosseum looks smaller in person than in photographs and movies. At least, it did to me. But that in no way negated the power of seeing the real thing in front of me, in broad daylight. Gazing at the impressive structure struck me as no photograph or illustration of it ever could. The building
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The Christmas Film You’ve Never Heard of With a Perfect Message for Our Time 0
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Religion
- December 15, 2025
This time of year, everyone – myself included – airs out their favorite Christmas movies, talking about the wholesomeness and meaning and warm fuzzies they bring each time they’re watched. Topping the list are films such as “Home Alone,” “A Christmas Story,” “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and even “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” One of my
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Of Christmas Parades and Commonplace Joys 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, Religion
- December 11, 2025
The first Saturday of December once again brought joy to my small hometown. This is the day when the annual Christmas parade brings several thousand locals to sidewalks in the center of town to watch, laugh, and shout with boisterous pride as floats, dancers, and marching bands wind their way through the cold streets. As
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What Makes Us Happy?0
- Culture, Family, Featured, Health, MomThink, Philosophy, Religion
- December 8, 2025
Everyone wants to be happy. As Aristotle explains in “The Nicomachean Ethics,” happiness is the thing we desire for its own sake. We don’t pursue happiness as a means to some other good; it appears to be the final end people pursue in life. The other things we aim at – wealth, pleasure, relationships –
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Did We Make a Mistake in Removing Christianity From the Classroom?0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Religion
- December 5, 2025
Once upon a time, December was filled with Christmas pageants and programs, many of which took place in the local school auditorium. At the very least, such programs were filled with Christmas carols spelling out the story of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem; many of them – like the one depicted in the 1941 film, “Penny Serenade” –
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Looking for Beauty on Our Way to the Manger 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, Religion, Western Civilization
- December 4, 2025
This Thanksgiving, 36 members of my family – my children and grandchildren, a nephew and his wife, and an in-law still raw from the recent death of her husband – gathered in the kitchen and dining room of my daughter’s house. Following the mealtime blessing, we took turns expressing what we were thankful for, from
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