Lacking in Wonder

The world is not lacking in wonders, but in a sense of wonder.

When Money Worries Us

It is easy to trust in God when we have not to hunt for money, but immediately the penny that is not there looms large, we allow the mosquito of worry ...

Money Can't Buy God

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.

A No-Compromise Issue

An 1871 report from the American Medical Associated concerning abortion stated:

If our language has appeared to some strong and severe, or even intemperate, ...

The Lowest Common Denominator

Liberal democracy in a pluralistic society is an endless but fruitless search for the lowest common denominator that can serve as society's moral bond. ...

Poisonous Fruit

In our TV ads, it is as though the ecstasy of the spirit experienced by a St. Theresa or a St. Francis can be reduced to the gratification coming from ...

Success in Modern Society

Carol Burnett says that when she was a girl, she joked and clowned around just to get over the fear of not being liked, because she was poor and not very ...

Earthly Kingdoms Always Perish

Several years ago the noted British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge was a guest at a breakfast in Washington, D.C. ... When he had finished his testimony, ...

The Real Source of Happiness

Occasionally on the news, they will have an expose of the happiness industry. These are people who, for a fee, of course, will help you be happy. For ...

God in Our Image

In the classic Your God is Too Small, J.B. Phillips says we tend to give God many names which aren't actually his names: managing director, puppeteer, ...