The Seventeenth day of the Hebrew month of Tamuz marks the beginning of the Three Weeks of Mourning that culminate on the 9 th day of the Hebrew month of Av. During this time, Jewish people refrain ...

From his barren prison cell, the ancient Roman philosopher wrote a profound analysis of what it meant to pursue virtue.

One cause of our sorrow is we forget our true natures. If we think “we are just no good,” we lie. If we think we “should do as we will,” then we lie. Much of our sorrow comes from forgetting the truth ...

What does it mean to be a seminary student in times like this? This is the question I pose to students as they reach the conclusion of their formal theological studies, the MDiv capstone seminar.

An important part of any spiritual journey is remembering consolation, appreciating the joy and experiencing the gratitude we have for our relationship with the Divine. It’s also helpful to reflect on ...

In 1891, the academic Hugh Fraser Stewart described the “Consolation of Philosophy” as “the most interesting example of prison literature the world has ever seen.” In “The Discarded Image,” C.S. Lewis ...

People worked hard long before there was a thing called the “work ethic,” much less a “Protestant work ethic.” The phrase itself emerged early in the twentieth century and has since congealed into a ...