Two different senators slipped the same four-word slogan into their immigration sales pitch on last weekend’s Sunday talk shows. “The reason we’re going to pass this bill is because it is tough, fair ...

Wisdom is the type of knowledge that matters. It has both a moral and practical component to it that knowledge does not. Additionally, not only does wisdom enrich our lives by ushering us to make wise ...

Lately I’ve been thinking about the practical implications of faith. Faith is not a simple matter of loving and being loved by God. It also is expressed in the love of neighbor. Faith is not a matter ...

(RNS) — ‘Studying the mystics can help us learn to mine the depths of ourselves and learn how to discern what we trust within ourselves,’ said Shannon Evans of her new book based on the lives of ...

The word "practical" has kind of gotten a bad name, implying a certain dourness, a life lacking in purple. We tend to more admire life writ-large: the risk-taker, the idealist, the artiste. Yet, with ...

Did you misplace your crystal ball? Maybe you noticed that yours stopped working years ago. And yet humans keep trying in vain to predict and maintain control over situations, our lives, and the ...

The early arrivals got the good seats, 115 folding chairs facing the pool. Other guests grabbed standing-room-only spots under giant umbrellas or stood blinking in the sun; still others jammed into ...