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Traditional communities are like rivers, while modern societies are like oceans, said Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman. Consider that a river—deeper or shallower, faster or slower—always has a direction, as traditional societies usually direct the lives of their members. The ocean is a different story.

Many people know the Lord’s Prayer, having learned it from a parent or grandparent. But few know that it was given as a response to the disciples’ request for Jesus to teach them how to pray.

What if change is given to us to use only as long as we continue to work for it?

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens" (Ecclesiastes 3:1).

Life is a stage that we enter without a script, although we are constantly influenced by forces of varying visibility: social, educational, religious, economic, and political.

Living one day according to God's plan is a good idea to start with. But learning to live in such a way every day is something else.

All COVID-19 statistics lead to the same conclusion: the young ones, our children, are at the lowest risk of getting ill or dying from the virus. That’s comforting. But the pandemic does pose a certain danger to them.

"Who were the two artists of ancient times who competed to see who could paint the visible world most faithfully? 'Now I shall prove to you that I am the best,' said the first, showing the other a curtain which he had painted. 'Well, draw back the curtain,' said the adversary, 'and let us see the picture.' 'The curtain is the picture,' replied...

Our dreams must be stronger than the unfortunate circumstances in which we find ourselves.

“Why are you still single?” Even though I have been asked this question countless times, I still never know how to answer it. 

I must admit, I was a shy child. Shame is a lesson well learned. However, I don’t know if it is always correctly learned.

When a visitor walks into your church, what will they see? What will they hear? How will they feel?

Why did God choose to reveal Himself through a sacred text? Were there no other ways? Does God still inspire scriptures today?

In the early decades of the 18th century, America was in the throes of an identity crisis. The new American lifestyle had earned New England the nickname of “the new English Sodom.”

As the world went into various lockdowns over the course of last year, people turned to a variety of entertainment forms to cope with...