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New App Helps Users Practice Their Faith
New App Helps Users Practice Their Faith
The use of social media and smartphones doesn’t have to be a bad habit. At the National Religious Broadcasters conference, co-founder of pray.com, Mike Lynn, spoke about a ...
05-27-2023
Mayoral Candidate in London Fired for Saying ‘Marriage Is Between a Man and Woman’ Wins Lawsuit
Mayoral Candidate in London Fired for Saying ‘Marriage Is Between a Man and Woman’ Wins Lawsuit
The Christian mayoral candidate in London's civic election has scored a "massive win” after tasting bitter discrimination from her former employer, housing association L&Q. It wasn't discrimination for ...
05-13-2023
4 Christian Bros Homeschooled in Jungle Bring Jesus to ‘Superstitious’ Tribe—Who Share Survival Savvy
4 Christian Bros Homeschooled in Jungle Bring Jesus to ‘Superstitious’ Tribe—Who Share Survival Savvy
The jungle was their playground—the harsh wilds of Indonesia their backyard. The hardy tribes-children of the Wano were the neighbors' kids next door, whom they would call on, ...
05-9-2023
Top 5 Ways to Help Older People Deal With Social Isolation
Top 5 Ways to Help Older People Deal With Social Isolation
Ageing experts have shared ways to increase social connection and reduce loneliness among older people after recent research showed loneliness has become an epidemic in the U.S. and ...
05-2-2023
Woman Loves ‘Ultra-Conservative’ Tradwife Trend Inspired by 1950s—Called ‘Alt-Right Extremist’ by Some
Woman Loves ‘Ultra-Conservative’ Tradwife Trend Inspired by 1950s—Called ‘Alt-Right Extremist’ by Some
Some would say she's looking to the past through rose-tinted glasses. Some call the trend a regressive step back for women’s rights, harking to when wives were “subservient” to ...
04-24-2023
Easter: An Ancient Story for a Modern World
Easter: An Ancient Story for a Modern World
Billions of Christians will celebrate Easter this weekend, but the message of Jesus is available to all. Even those who are not religious can learn from the life ...
04-8-2023
To Speak, or Not to Speak: A Gentleman’s Rules for Holding the Tongue From an 1890s Manual on Manners
To Speak, or Not to Speak: A Gentleman’s Rules for Holding the Tongue From an 1890s Manual on Manners
The Crimes of the Tongue THE second most deadly instrument of destruction is the dynamite gun,—the first is the human tongue. The gun merely kills bodies; the tongue ...
04-2-2023
PHOTOS: Navy Officer-Turned-Artist Handcrafts Wool Felt Gifts That Are Too Cute to Resist
PHOTOS: Navy Officer-Turned-Artist Handcrafts Wool Felt Gifts That Are Too Cute to Resist
A Taiwanese military veteran is now a renowned needle felting expert who handcrafts her signature art pieces, replicas of the popular breakfast bread—the polo bun or pineapple bun—and ...
03-30-2023
Man Plagued by Depression, Considering Suicide, Until A Miraculous Book Changed Everything
Man Plagued by Depression, Considering Suicide, Until A Miraculous Book Changed Everything
"Before I die, I need to know what I did wrong to suffer like this ... I picked money out of my father's pocket. I lied to people ...
03-26-2023
8 Rules of Business Etiquette for the Gentleman From a Manners Manual of the 1880s
8 Rules of Business Etiquette for the Gentleman From a Manners Manual of the 1880s
Business. [1.] FORM GOOD HABITS. It is important for the young man learning business, or just getting a start in business, to form correct habits, and especially of ...
03-26-2023
The Gentleman’s Guide to Self-Mastery From an 1890s Manual on Cultivating Self-Control, Character
The Gentleman’s Guide to Self-Mastery From an 1890s Manual on Cultivating Self-Control, Character
The Kingship of Self-Control MAN has two creators,—his God and himself. His first creator furnishes him the raw material of his life and the laws in conformity with which ...
03-23-2023
A Gentleman’s Rules for Cultivating Moral Values in the Home—From an 1880s Manual on Manners
A Gentleman’s Rules for Cultivating Moral Values in the Home—From an 1880s Manual on Manners
Home Culture. The work of home culture should be made a matter of great importance to every one, for upon it depends the happiness of earthly homes, as ...
03-19-2023
RARE PHOTOS: The Mystical Udumbara—‘Celestial Flowers’ or Insect Eggs?
RARE PHOTOS: The Mystical Udumbara—‘Celestial Flowers’ or Insect Eggs?
The Udumbara has been discussed in religious communities throughout the ages. Those who have seen these reputedly near-microscopic flowers in real life are awestruck by their fragile-yet-resilient beauty, and ...
03-17-2023
Saint Patrick’s Day: The Profound Heritage of Irish Americans
Saint Patrick’s Day: The Profound Heritage of Irish Americans
Saint Patrick’s Day is a celebration held on March 17 to remember the death of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The day commemorates the arrival of ...
03-16-2023
A Gentleman’s Rules for Raising Kids With Morals, Based on a Handbook From the 1880s
A Gentleman’s Rules for Raising Kids With Morals, Based on a Handbook From the 1880s
OUR earliest and best recollections are associated with home. There the first lessons of infancy are learned. The mother's heart is the child's first school-room. The parents' examples ...
03-12-2023
Teen Cowboy Artist Named ‘Grand Champion’ at Rodeo Art Show, Will Take Home $30,000 After Auction
Teen Cowboy Artist Named ‘Grand Champion’ at Rodeo Art Show, Will Take Home $30,000 After Auction
A Texas high schooler was named grand champion of a renowned rodeo art show and is set to take home $30,000 when her artwork, an exquisite photo-realistic painting ...
03-4-2023
Rules for How to Be a ‘Gentleman’ From an 1875 Guidebook, the Final Chapter: Miscellaneous
Rules for How to Be a ‘Gentleman’ From an 1875 Guidebook, the Final Chapter: Miscellaneous
Here is an excerpt from "The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness" by Cecil B. Hartley, published by Locke & Bubier in 1875.  MISCELLANEOUS. WHEN you ...
03-3-2023
Soren Kierkegaard: Seeking Wisdom Through Parables
Soren Kierkegaard: Seeking Wisdom Through Parables
Depending on who you ask, the present age seems to be one in which we're either struggling up a mountain toward utopia or running off a cliff. Many ...
02-27-2023
How to Be a Gentleman: A Politeness Handbook From 1875 Explains What ‘True Courtesy’ Really Is All About
How to Be a Gentleman: A Politeness Handbook From 1875 Explains What ‘True Courtesy’ Really Is All About
TRUE COURTESY. POLITENESS is the art of pleasing. It is to the deportment what the finer touches of the pencil are to the picture, or what harmony is ...
02-26-2023
Vintage Advice for Gentleman: Etiquette for the Date, Hanging With the Boys, or Just Chillin’ Alone
Vintage Advice for Gentleman: Etiquette for the Date, Hanging With the Boys, or Just Chillin’ Alone
Here is an excerpt from "The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness" by Cecil B. Hartley, published by Locke & Bubier in 1875.  ETIQUETTE FOR PLACES OF ...
02-18-2023
Ranchers Since 1878: Family With Over 100,000 Acres Say They’ll Pass It on Intact to One of the Kids
Ranchers Since 1878: Family With Over 100,000 Acres Say They’ll Pass It on Intact to One of the Kids
When this Idaho-based rancher family’s six children reach the age of nine, they become bonafide cowboys and girls. It was their third great-grandfather, Frank Carl Herman Bedke, who ...
02-14-2023
Chinese Community Finds Hope and Meaning in Lunar New Year Message
Chinese Community Finds Hope and Meaning in Lunar New Year Message
In the past, when Chinese people wondered about the meaning of life, they looked to the Confucian classics or brought their questions to monasteries and temples. But this ...
02-12-2023