by Carol Lynn Miller | Apr 16, 2019 | Culture, Free Will & Original Sin, Happiness, Latest
Do you have influence on the direction your life? According to psychologist, Albert Bandura, you sure do. Bandura has contributed to the study of psychology through his theory known as Human Agency. Put simply, Human Agency is the ability to have influence over the...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Apr 5, 2019 | Culture, Happiness, Latest
Is God part of your social network? If not, did you know that laughter, singing, and religious practices can lead you to Him? Science is now confirming that religion—far from being an opiate of the people—is one of three keys to our ability to develop elaborate social...
by Carol Lynn Miller | Feb 14, 2019 | Culture, Latest, Transcendental Desires
In the film “Interstellar,” director Christopher Nolan takes up a major theme, namely that of love. There’s no need for a spoiler alert, because I won’t reveal any of the surprising twist and turns of the story. I will just give a brief summary of the plot and then...
by Dr. Andrew Swafford | Feb 10, 2019 | Church Teaching, Culture, Guest Blogs, Latest, Transcendental Desires
Love, as a theological virtue, is the virtue by which we love God for his own sake and we love others for the sake of God—that is, we love God in others. We put on the “mind of Christ” (see 1 Cor 2:16; Rom 12:2), making his aims our aims—seeing things as he sees them...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Jan 15, 2019 | Culture, Happiness, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
All of us must contend with the prevalent negative attitude towards religion, but young people are deeply affected with more than 39% claiming non-affiliation in a recent Pew survey. Here is how it can happen. Abby grows up in a structured, doctrine-based religious...
by Carol Lynn Miller | Jan 12, 2019 | Culture, Latest, Philosophy, Transcendental Desires
According to philosopher, James K.A. Smith, we might want to rethink what it means to be secular. In his talk, “Our Secular Age,” James K.A. Smith asks the question, “What does it mean to live in a secular society?” Before answering, Smith points out the...
