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A Spiritual Awakening

March 12, 2023

Most would agree that the world today seems to be in turmoil. Troubling events large and small swirl around us, from war to poverty to...

The Bitter and the Sweet

March 5, 2023

We all know that some days can be full of peace and happiness, while other days seem to be unrelentingly hard. As one six-year-old so...

Unity, Liberty, Charity

For generations, people who want to live in harmony with others have been guided by a well-loved saying: “In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; in...

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,...

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...