You place your bets on the table. As the wheel spins, you hope that the ball lands on the numbers you’ve chosen. This is how things work in the game of roulette, but it seems to me that there is a similar dynamic present in life as well.

An interesting study found that people who placed an artificially aged self-portrait on their desks were more likely to contribute to their retirement accounts and to live healthier lifestyles than a control group without the portrait.

Have you ever said something like, “I’ll take action when I’m ready. It’s not my time”? I haven’t yet read Seth Godin’s book What to Do When It’s Your Turn (And It’s Always Your Turn), but I find even the title itself worthy of reflection.

Aquinas On Gender Construction? is the provoking title of one of the episodes of New Polity’s fascinating series on gender. Spoiler alert—they argue that gender is more than just our biology and that in some ways, though not all, it is constructed.

A carpenter builds things from wood. He uses his knowledge, tools, and hands to shape raw materials into something as simple as a shelf or as complex as an ornate house; but while he is working, it is not just the wood that changes—he himself is transformed.

When a community is at peace, it is resistant to being controlled by external forces. When an individual is at peace, he is immune to the torrent of voices trying to convince him that he needs more.

How good are you with money? Before you read on, take a moment to notice what sorts of things come up for you as you ponder this question.

Suppose you found yourself in a pitch-black room with unknown surroundings. If no lights were available, what would you do to learn about your environment?

Have you ever been in so deep that shame and a sense of futility prevented you from climbing out?

In their book, The Independent Farmstead, Shawn and Beth Dougherty have the following meditation to aspiring small-scale farmers looking to buy a plot of land for their families.

Until recently, the concept of the common good was always something that mystified me. I often heard that it was something governments should aim at, but whenever I asked for an explanation of what exactly the common good was, the only two examples I received were peace and truth.

During this season of Advent, we await the arrival of Jesus. Although he came as an infant, he was and is the King of Kings.

Last year, I heard the COO of a tech-company give a talk on IT Careers. Along with general changes in the industry, he discussed a few of his company’s particular cultural norms.

How do you teach a toddler to set the table? In a recent address at the ARC Conference, Jordan Peterson tells the story of how he trained his 18-month-old son to do this very thing.

When we resist the difficulty present in a work, that inner war is often more emotionally exhausting than when we simply accept it.