Researchers put a group of random college students (poor college students!) through a game, which was a test: The first stage of the game, the students are placed in groups (with some of the players being computer players, unknown to the humans). The goal of the game is to be...

When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release...

I am on a few philosophy forums, in which we respond to questions and posts with reasoned analysis—or at least that is the hope. One of the questions that sometimes circulate is sometimes phrased, “What is the greatest good?” or “What is the best life?” Most participants respond with a...

  God has sent an army of invisible people throughout the world. They are in every nation, but most importantly among the most powerful people with the greatest amount of resources. These are innocent people, they have done no wrong, harmed no one. They are also desperately poor. Some may...

Peacemaking is anger at injustice And choosing to heal instead of punish Peacemaking is the war against hatred, Judgment and apathy, harming none. Peacemaking is entering into another’s life By listening to their story Peacemaking is welcoming the outcast And creating a safe place for them Peacemaking comes from inner...

As a Christian leader, we often have to deal with security issues, conflict and sometimes belligerence within the church. As a church does serious outreach and attempts to connect with cultures outside the church culture, there are more opportunities for conflict and more possibilities that violence might erupt in or...

Woke up this morning feeling sad and lonely. We all get that way sometimes, and there’s no real reason for it. We can gaze at our lives in many different ways. We could look at our successes, we could look at our failures, we could see how rewarding our relationships are...

Take care of the company you keep. The mad woman might very well turn you to God. “As a shopkeeper in Saumur, France, Joan Delanou was a notorious miser. She hoarded every cent she earned, angrily drove beggars from her door and caused scandal by keeping shop open on Sundays...

It was the time of the Feast of the Exodus and Jesus knew that his time on earth was short, and he was soon to go to the Father. Yet, he loved his disciples on the earth, and he never stopped loving them, even to the end. At the time...