The Mighty Vasa – Sunday, March 13, 2022
On a Sunday nearly 400 years ago—August 10, 1628, to be exact—not far from here at the navy shipyard in Stockholm, the mighty Swedish warship...
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The Focus of Our Lives – Sunday, March 06, 2022
For two years, the pandemic has given us something this world has rarely faced—a common hardship. While everyone’s experience has been different, no person, no...
In the Direction of Hope – Sunday, February 27, 2022
In one of George Bernard Shaw’s plays, a successful young woman challenges the idea that we are victims of our circumstances. “I don’t believe in...
Those Who Make us Better – Sunday, February 20, 2022
A young man once asked Warren Buffet, one of the world’s foremost investors, what advice he would give on how to be successful. He might...
No Tinge of Regret – Sunday, February 13, 2022
For many people, life is filled with busyness. There’s nothing inherently wrong, of course, with being busy. But it’s also not inherently a virtue—especially when...
Timeless Tales – Sunday, February 06, 2022
Here at Copenhagen’s City Hall Square, on one of the city’s busiest streets, stands an impressive bronze statue. The street is known as H. C. Andersens...
Of Miracles and Examples – Sunday, January 30, 2022
Have you ever felt like you needed a miracle? In the midst of calamities global and local, shared, and private, we wish we could change...
Paying Attention – Sunday, January 23, 2022
A few years ago, executives at a large theme park hired consultants to help them understand how to capture the attention of small children. The...
A Beloved Community of Sisters and Brothers, Sunday, January 16, 2022
We live in what some have called a “consumer society,” a society focused on buying and selling—then buying and selling some more. Such a society...