The Danger of an Unequal Yoke

Time magazine reported (1/22/95) that the earthquake in Kobe, Japan, occurred when two plates on a fault line fifteen miles offshore suddenly shifted ...

My Greatest Needs

There are three things in my life that I need most, but they never scream for immediate attention: God, family, and my mind.

Eternal Fame Isn't Enough

Someone asked me if my dream was to live on in the hearts of people. I said I would prefer to live on in my apartment. You drop dead one day, and it means ...

"We Have Met the Enemy and It Is Us!"

Twenty years ago, the question: "Does television shape our culture or merely reflect it?" held considerable interest for many scholars and social critics. ...

European Ideals, or Merely Fashion?

The men who created the European ideal ... believed it to mean a commitment to certain political values: social pluralism, political democracy, human ...

Was Jesus a Failure?

I think we need to be constantly reminded that Jesus, by the standards of cultural success models, was a miserable failure.

Err on the Side of Life

Alva B. Weir, an oncologist in Germantown, Tennessee, told this story:

"I was awakened from sleep by the telephone. On the other end of the line, ...

Some Things Can't Be Measured

The modern myth of power has gravely impoverished our civilization. It has deprived it of all values that lie beyond the search for power. The beautiful, ...

Teaching Children Values

Percentage of American preschool teachers, administrators, parents, and child-development specialists who said the most important thing for a child to ...

How to Choose a Wife

I am none of those insane lovers who embrace also the vices of those with whom they are in love, where they are smitten at first sight with a fine figure. ...