Don’t Ever Give Up
February 19, 2023
It was a cold, snowy December day in 1891, and the students at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, were getting restless. Their physical education teacher,...
Music & the Spoken Word Library
Love: As Relevant and Reliable as Ever
February 12, 2023
The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. For nearly a thousand years, teachers have taught, and students have learned at...
Thinking Ahead
February 5, 2023
It has been said that if we fail to plan, we plan to fail. We all want to be ready for future storms and difficulties...
The Precious Gift of Books
January 29, 2023
Books have been a centerpiece of civilization for centuries. And nowhere is the precious legacy of books more apparent than here at Trinity College in...
History: A Larger Way of Looking at Life
When you hear the word history, what comes to mind? Many of us have memories of a high school history class, where we had to...
The Same Care One for Another
January 15, 2023
Most of the world’s best work is done by teams. Whether at school, in the office, on the stage, or on the ballfield, the most...
Seeing God’s Hand
January 8, 2023
Many years ago, a man resolved to write in his journal at the end of each day. It’s a resolution many people make, but his...
Auld Lang Syne
January 1, 2023
Here in this cottage in the Scottish lowlands during the late 1700s, the poet Robert Burns was born and lived his early life. The Burns...
Three Symbols of Christmas
December 25, 2022
In Ireland, the land of my ancestors, Christmas traditions have given the holidays a profound sense of meaning and purpose. They help families welcome the...