I’m sometimes left wondering about this thing we call faith, a thing the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard celebrated as ...

Around 1475, Italian Renaissance artist Francesco Botticini created a large painting titled “The Assumption of the Virgin.” The ...

There are historical moments when we turn our backs on the divine and suffer for it, but the ...

It’s easy to forget the purpose of Christmas with the hustle and bustle that comes with holiday shopping. ...

"Love" is a term that we throw around without reserve. We all are guilty of using the term ...

I believe we all, at one point or another, struggle with authenticity in our lives. Some of us ...

The story of the disobedient prophet is told in the Bible in the book of 1 Kings. The ...

Thomas Cole was a 19th-century American painter who became popular for his landscape paintings. Born in England, Cole ...

Simeon Stylites (circa 390–459) endured the unimaginable in order to elevate himself and get closer to God. At ...

Science, with people believing that the truths it offers are absolute, has become a source from which many ...

I always think about what it means to be a good person, and I often ask myself what ...

Sometimes, things appear too good to be true. The dangerous and harmful can be masked by promises of ...

There are those moments in our lives when we are called on to accomplish an overwhelming task. We ...

We are sometimes left physically, mentally, and yes, spiritually fatigued. We have jobs, families, studies, interests, and so ...

Sometimes, on the rare occasion I get a chance, I sit and ponder what it means to be ...

The story of the Sampo is told in the Finnish epic “Kalevala,” which was compiled from the poems ...

I often ask myself, “What does it mean to be a sincere, good, and patient person?” Despite the ...

There comes a moment in life in which we are made to reflect on who we are and ...

My family is very important to me. I really don’t know where I’d be without their constant love ...

It’s hard to deny that there are consequences for our actions. The consequences of a person’s actions can ...

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by beauty. A beautiful moment, person, or object can inspire a certain emotional ...

As an artist, I mostly post art-related content on my social media outlets. Lately, I’ve been reading the ...

Not too long ago, my wife and I drove to a nearby city. Whenever we go anywhere, my ...

As we come close to the middle of 2020, I’m left asking “What else will happen?” It’s been ...

Recent events concerning the death of George Floyd have unleashed anger across the United States. Peaceful protests are ...

During the 19th century, at the height of the Enlightenment, neoclassicists and romanticists debated the purpose of art. ...

Gustave Moreau was a 19th-century symbolist painter in France. The symbolists believed that the art of the 18th ...