I took a walk today in the local park. A bearded man and his tee-shirted wife walked toward me in conversation. As…

In Alaska, they say that if you’re not the lead sled dog, the view’s always the same. Commuters often feel that way,…

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit first appear in Isaiah 11:2-3. They’re the gifts God offers us that make us more…

We have a lot more tools for growing in virtue than our great-grandparents did. One new-fangled tool is knowledge of how brain…

My brother-in-law, Tom, emailed the family a memorable example of the meekness (the virtue that moderates anger) and love of his mother,…

Psalm 28 ends by saying, The Lord will give strength to his people; he will bless his people with peace. We don’t…

There is not one who does not love something, but the question is, what to love. The psalms tell us to choose…

Here’s how to hurt a friendship: backbiting, calumny, detraction, and tale bearing. They are all ways of damaging someone’s reputation. They remind…

My brother-in-law Andy says his biggest help to building virtue is “creating some order in my life — making what is really…

The calendar our accountant gave us includes a quote by the French writer Guillaume Apollinaire: “Now and then it’s good to pause…