Courage and the Ukrainian People

The classical four cardinal virtues are prudence, justice, courage, and temperance. It has often been claimed that the lynchpin of these virtues is justice. Justice

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grace

Why Is It So Hard To Be Good?

In titling this post I was primarily thinking of my own experience, specifically with regards to this awful-lousy-no-good-whole-food-plant-based diet I’ve been trying out. My intentions

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Inner Peace

How do we hold onto our sense of internal peace when we feel that our world is being turned upside down, shaking our core beliefs

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causality, miracle, creation, God

On Being and Becoming Human

Human experimentation is being widely conducted today both in the narrow, scientific sense, such as in the CRISPR gene editing program, and in the broader,

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summer fun with kids, children, leisure

Misery Versus Poverty

I heard a nurse speak about her missionary work in Africa. She worked in several former Portuguese colonies, such as Cape Verde, and was telling

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The Habit of Virtue

For twenty years of my life – from age seventeen to thirty-seven – I struggled with an addiction to nicotine. It was an on-again, off-again

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