Crossfit Is My Church

A 2012 Pew study tracked the rise of a new religious group: the “nones,” or the religiously unaffiliated. One-fifth of Americans—and ...

Building Community One Table at a Time

In 2012 Sara Harmeyer quit her job as charity and fundraising events organizer at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Dallas. She had been ...

Wisconsin Resident Discovers Long Lost Sister Next Door

When Hillary Harris learned the name of her next-door neighbor, it set off some mental alarm bells, and led to an unexpected family connection.

Having ...

False Terrorist Report Against Family Nets Man Probation

Spurned by family members who left him out of an event, an Oregon man got his revenge in a most public, disruptive fashion.

Sonny Donnie Smith, 38, was ...

Friends Make Us Feel Like We Matter

It's no news flash that friends make us happy, but Meliksah Demir, Ph.D., a professor at Northern Arizona University, has drilled down to reveal exactly ...

Students Are Hungry For Relational Bonding

New York Times columnist David Brooks went around the country interviewing students at some of the most prestigious campuses in America. He admits that ...

Einstein Listed Marital Expectations for His Wife

A collection of Einstein's letters auctioned off in 1996 contains a list of marital expectations for his wife, Maliva Maric. The list includes daily ...

British Atheist Loves the Concept of Original Sin

In an interview, Alain de Botton, a famous British atheist, said, "I love the concept of original sin, the idea that we're all fundamentally ...

This Bride Wears Her Wedding Dress Every Year

As a mental health counselor and dating consultant, Samantha Burns knows a thing or two about successful relationships. And this self-proclaimed "millennial ...

Frederick Douglass Challenged Christians to Live Without Hypocrisy

In his 77 years, Frederick Douglass, America's most famous abolitionist, delivered thousands of speeches, wrote three autobiographies, started newspapers, ...