My nephew is nine years old and has recently decided that science is boring. I understand where this conclusion came from. He arrived at it somewhere between the third worksheet on the water cycle
Have you ever made a decision and felt it in your stomach before your brain had finished processing it? Or sat down to eat when you were anxious and found that the meal you
There is an account that has been passed down through Catholic tradition for nearly a thousand years — remarkable not just for the events it describes, but for the way it came to be
In the year 1070, in the city of Cracow, Poland, something happened in a courtroom that no one who witnessed it ever forgot. A dead man walked in to testify on behalf of a
There is a particular psychological defence mechanism that humans deploy when confronted with problems too large and too slow-moving to feel urgent in the way that immediate threats feel urgent. We know the problem
Throughout Christian history, accounts of souls appearing from Purgatory have served as some of the most sobering reminders that God’s justice is perfectly impartial. No title, no rank, no earthly power can buy a
It has been said that we are all here to render service to God, and return at the end to give account to Him on how we have served. God measures our services to
Most of us spend the majority of our lives almost entirely focused on the visible, tangible, temporary version of ourselves. The body that needs feeding, resting, exercising, and medical attention. The face that looks
In the time when the Cross River was still deciding the shape of its own banks — still negotiating with the mangrove roots about how far inland the water had permission to go —
In the age when Ifa still walked among men in the body of an old man who smelled of palm oil and bitter kola, there was a town called Ìpàdé — the Place of