What Are We Busy About? Sunday, January 3, 2016
“It is not enough to be [busy],” wrote Henry David Thoreau. “So are the ants.” The question is, “What are you [busy] about?”1 We live...
“It is not enough to be [busy],” wrote Henry David Thoreau. “So are the ants.” The question is, “What are you [busy] about?”1 We live...
In the American Museum of Natural History in New York City stands a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt, an avid naturalist, a great friend to the...
“On Earth Peace, Good Will Toward Men”And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all...
Very often, small things lead to great things. In fact, we could say that everything starts small. From a small idea comes an innovation or...
This is the season of lights. The joy, the hope, and the sacred reverence we feel at this time of year all find their own...
Part of what makes Christmastime so delightful are simple carols like this one, an old nursery rhyme set to a traditional melody:Christmas is coming,The geese...
Some 400 years ago, the Netherlands suffered through a prolonged and bitter war with Spain as it sought religious and political independence. At last, celebrating...
We live in a day when more knowledge is literally at our fingertips than ever before. With the click of a button or the touch...
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. That moment in 1918 marked the end of World War I and the beginning...