Augustine on Bad Habits

"Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity."

—St. Augustine (A.D. 354-430)

Vegetarians Who Like Sausage

Are you interested in being a vegetarian, but concerned that you might not be able to adjust? Not to worry…you can become a flexitarian.

As vegetarianism ...

Forcing Hoarders to Clean Up Won't Solve the Problem

A USA Today article described the Seattle home and lawn of an elderly man as resembling a junkyard. After many complaints by his neighbors, relatives ...

Discipline Is the Price of Freedom

We have not advanced very far in our spiritual lives if we have not encountered the basic paradox of freedom, to the effect that we are most free when ...

Astronaut Aldrin Defines Bravery

"Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline."

—Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon.

Roman Sentinel Stands Guard to the Very End

When the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius destroyed the city [of Pompeii in A.D. 79], many people were buried in the ruins. Some took cover underground, and the ...

Cop Catches Most-Wanted Criminal

On June 1st, 2003, Jeff Postell, a 21-year-old rookie police officer from Murphy, North Carolina, was on routine patrol, and he did what hundreds of FBI ...

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's Hardships in Writing

In his autobiography The Oak and the Calf, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn recalls how he "wrote" in the concentration camps, where writing was forbidden, ...

Lenten Stillness

At my house, the TV is off. It will be until Easter. The first time this happened, it was unintentional.

Some years ago, a few weeks before Easter, a burglar ...

Jonathan Edwards's Commitment to Resolutions

Jonathan Edwards, the 18th-century revivalist, sat down at age 17 and penned 21 resolutions by which he would live his life. He added to this list until, ...