Pandemic Forcing Many to Re-Examine Life Priorities

As any secular psychologist and sociologist will tell you, the average person definitely does not reassess their daily and lifetime priorities. Harvard ...

Stuck in the ‘Everyday’? Try Searching for Truth

The 20th Century American Catholic writer, Walker Percy, wrote frequently about how life in the modern world alienates us from things that truly matter. ...

American Poet Says ‘All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs’

The American poet, Christian Wiman, recently wrote a poem about how all of his friends are finding new beliefs. One turns to Catholicism while another ...

Musician Graham Nash Follows His Heart

Musician Graham Nash’s memoir, Wild Tales, gave Nash a fresh perspective on himself. Nash says, “It was only after it came out that I began ...

Arrival Fallacy

Recently The NY Times devoted a whole column to a familiar dynamic: You finally did it. You got the promotion, secured the raise, finished the project ...

Howard Stern is 'Unprepared for Life'

On an episode of Fresh Air, host Terry Gross interviewed shock-jock Howard Stern. Gross inquired, “One of the things you reveal in your book is ...

Scientific Magazine Gives Bleak Answer to Question about the Meaning of Life

An issue of the highly regarded science magazine New Scientist asked several basic philosophical questions and attempted to give answers from a strictly ...

Science Can't Provide Solution for the Deepest Need of the Heart

Consider this comment a girl posted on an atheist website:

I'm confused ... I always believed science would be the cure-all for my problems, but I ...

Is Heaven a Celestial North Korea?

Will heaven consist of eternal boredom? Some unbelieving thinkers assume it will. For example, in his best-selling book, Heavens on Earth: The Scientific ...

Musician Paul Simon and the Great Mysteries of Life

In an interview with NPR, musician/singer Paul Simon was asked about the great mysteries of life:

We don't have the capacity to understand the great ...