5 Simple Ways To Care for Others During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has upended life as we know it. Kids can’t go to school. Adults can’t go to work. Fears that the economy will crumble are rampant. And people are forced to go without — without toil ...
Category: Aid Health and Wellness Morality
Guiding a Wayward Child Back to the Church of Latter-day Saints
If your child, regardless of age, has chosen to leave the Church of Latter-day Saints, you may feel burdened by his or her decision. You may also feel that the decision is a failure on your part. Could you have done more ...
Category: Morality Spirituality Christianity
Catholic Church Attempts To Prevent One of Its Priests From Suing for Child Abuse
Over the past two decades, tens of thousands of survivors have come forward with their stories of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic clergymen. Though the pervasiveness of the problem suggests that it is intricately a ...
Category: Morality Christianity
Rudeness Is on the Rise, but Why?
Why are people so mean? If it seems like you ask this question more and more these days, you’re not alone. Some people on the internet think that just because they’re hidden behind a username and a screen that the ...
Category: Health and Wellness Morality
What Does It Really Mean To “Turn the Other Cheek,” and How Can You?
Exodus 21:24 of the Old Testament proposes a legal guideline for punishments, which is “an eye for an eye.” The purpose of this guideline was to ensure that no person endured a sentence more severe than the crime its ...
Buddhism and Euthanasia
One of the central themes of almost all religions is death or, more specifically, what becomes of us when we die. The teachings of almost every faith focus on attempting to explain death and dying and how it fits in with ...
Category: Human Rights Morality Buddhism
The Power of Forgiveness (and How To Forgive)
Everyone has been hurt by someone near and dear to them at one point or another. Sometimes the harm is intentional, while more often than not it is the result of a careless statement, years of shaded criticism, a single ...
Category: Morality
Kindness Starts With You
Many people, as they enter the new year, have vague goals for themselves. “Lose weight,” “make more money,” “change jobs,” “drink less,” “exercise more,” and “quit smoking” all make the top 10 lis ...
Category: Morality
Hymns for the LGBTQ+ Community
The classic hymns are controversial in many ways. Modern Christians often don’t like to think about the traditional warfare of the past. A lot of hymns are extremely patriarchal, and some hymns refer to handicaps i ...
Study Concludes Cohabitation Is Not an Accurate Predictor of Marital Success
Cohabitation, whether prior to or instead of marriage, has become almost the norm in America. As of three years ago, approximately 65% of Americans said they approve of cohabitation, and over 70% of couples now cohabit b ...