To be gentle is often equated with being passive, fragile, or easily overlooked - a liability rather than a virtue. But the ...

I love these first weeks of the year when many of the emails I receive begin with a “Happy New Year” greeting. I enjoy reading and returning these wishes, and this year, because of an essay I’ve been ...

The classical devotional text of the 14th century by Thomas a Kempis advises readers to be clear that there is much they don’t know and to admit their ignorance. He writes that “our opinions, our ...

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Cadets raise the first wall on a Habitat for Humanity home Sept. 8, 2012. The on-going project is sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association class of ...

DAVENPORT -- Charisma and spirit made Lynn Mousel willing to join the Congregation of the Humility of Mary. Ms. Mousel, of Des Moines, recently began the process to become a vowed member of the ...

“We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are.” — Rav Shmuel in the Talmud Is it possible to perceive things “as they are,” or are all our perceptions distorted by the limitations of our ...

In our fiercely competitive society, achievement has become the top priority. We have become obsessed with personal success and will often stop at nothing to achieve it, even if it means breaking the ...

Elise Ji Young Choe receives funding related to this research from a grant from the John Templeton Foundation on "Intellectual Humility and Religious Leaders." Steven Sandage receives funding related ...

Pope Francis greets a child in St. Peter's Square while riding the popemobile during his general audience at the Vatican May 22, 2024. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ ...