Religion

Standing for Truth in Scaryville 5
- Culture, Family, Politics, Religion
- September 26, 2022
Walking recently in the fast-gentrifying former mill-town section of Middle America in which I live, I spied yet another sign taped to a front window. “Anti-choice is NOT pro-life!” it read. “Yeah, pro-choice is pro-life,” I mutter under my breath as I pass. I’m no longer surprised by the signs I see in many windows
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Seven Rules for Getting Along With Those You Live With 4
- Family, Culture, Religion
- September 22, 2022
Some friends of mine recently sent their oldest son to college. In the bustle of moving into the dorm, meeting new friends, and conversing with old ones, the father took a moment to impart some wisdom to his son. He exhorted him to remember that he was now swimming in multiple spheres of influence and needed
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Forgetting Self, Finding Happiness 7
- Culture, Religion
- September 14, 2022
A while back I started an experiment of smiling brightly at perfect strangers while out and about doing my daily routine. Knowing that times are difficult, my intention was to bring a little joy into random people’s lives, while also causing them to wonder where my joy came from. Admittedly, I don’t always practice this
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It’s Time to Root Students in Fertile Soil 0
- Education, Culture, Family, Religion
- September 12, 2022
I’ve been doing a lot of gardening and landscaping lately, building new flower beds and filling them with salvaged soil, edging them with rocks and planting them. I’ve moved plants to give them more suitable growing conditions—more or less light, or wind, or exposure to street traffic, depending on their sensitivities—plants sort of tell you
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A Powerful Animated Guide About Where Not to Seek for Happiness 3
- Culture, Philosophy, Religion, Western Civilization
- September 1, 2022
Earlier this year, nearly one-quarter of all Yale undergraduates enrolled in a course on how to be happy. “A lot of us are anxious, stressed, unhappy, numb,” a freshman taking the course told the New York Times. “The fact that a class like this has such large interest speaks to how tired students are of numbing
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Hey COVID, I’ve Got Religion 4
- Religion, International, Science
- August 31, 2022
For better or worse, my brain is wired to doubt. Even when I’m feeling all gooey and spiritual and thinking that maybe there’s a prime mover in charge of things, my skeptical synapses swoop in and spoil the fun, insisting my thoughts are just a trick of human biology. But the pandemic—or rather, the pandemic response—has
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