You don't need to spend more than a minute on the Internet or watching the news to realize that people are very angry these days, arguably more so than ever before. Every minute of every day it seems...

Why do we value art?  I believe that, in most cases, beauty points towards the truth. Beautiful things reflect great quality, a certain impressiveness in whatever aspect of them we find beautiful.  And...

Over the weekend, I went on a retreat with my youth group. We spent it in Potts Mansion, a beautiful, old house in the rural hills of Elverson, PA. For most, it was just as much a social experience as...

I’d like to begin with a story that my pastor shared with me and my youth group some time ago.   In Northeastern Greece, there is a place called Mount Athos. For over a thousand years it...

I hate working in groups. I think working in groups is one of the most annoying and unpleasant parts of my college experience.   In high school, you pretty much know everyone. You know your...

The minefield of discourse grows more treacherous by the day. With the fierce and ongoing conflict in nearly every sphere of public life, people are more divided than ever by their beliefs with regard...

“Sacrifice; you get to pick your damn sacrifice, that’s all. You don’t get to not make one. You’re sacrificial whether you want to be or not.”  -Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, professor emeritus...

As the pandemic nears its end, it feels safe to say that most of us have, in one way or another, gotten “over it.” That said, the sporadic and extended bouts of isolation had staggeringly different...

I know it’s a little late to say “Happy New Year”, and perhaps overly optimistic considering what the past two years have shown us but the good news is that those years are over. Starting now, it’s...

In light of the recent discussion about mental health awareness, I’d like to discuss a disturbing trend I’ve noticed amongst my fellow young people, and what I believe is a healthy solution.   We...

It’s very strange to me that in the present day when each of us needs to walk on eggshells,  policing our speech and social media so carefully that the wrong word can see us expelled from our social...

“Oh boy, here he goes with the long-winded ‘don’t cheat’ diatribe. SKIP,” I hear you say.  Fair enough. We’ve all been told since grade school that cheating is not only wrong and a...