Rolled in the trough of thick desire No oars, and no sea-anchor out To bring my bow into the pyre of sunset, suddenly chilling out To shadow over sky and sea, And the boat helpless in the trough; No oil to pour; no power in me To breast these waves, to shake...

“You shall not wrong an immigrant or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. If you afflict him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will surely hear his cry; and My anger will...

  “God is nearer to us than our own soul.” (Julian of Norwich) For God loves us, the whole of us, body and soul, more than we do ourselves. God cares for the well-being of our whole being in a way our being cannot fathom, but only experience when we...

A recent study has found that religious people, in general, have less compassion than others who are not religious. NPR article This is odd, since it has already been shown that religious people tend to give more to charity than the non-religious. Study by Stanford What does this mean? First of...

Anselm said that to know we must first have firm faith. Honestly, we can’t figure out anything until we first stand on something. DesCartes experimented with what he could know if he doubted everything. However, he was an amateur cynic. That which he accepted, his own existence, was doubted by...

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...