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Tim Ryan5 min read

Happiness and Technology: Level 1 and the Growth of Technology

Learn how the growth of technology can keep us in our Level 1 Happiness as we look at hunting/fishing and new machines.
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.4 min read

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, and the Existence of God  

The American Thanksgiving is only one of many similar annual celebrations—all giving us time to reflect and show gratitude towards the Divine.
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Bill Schmitt8 min read

The Pop-Culture “Catechism” and “Spotlight” Evangelization

Today, evangelization is faced with many obstacles in the modern world. Read Bill Schmitt's call for spotlight evangelization and its importance.
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.5 min read

Art and Philosophy: Plastic Surgery and Pop Art

Pop art is usually used to please the eyes of society, but here, Dr. Kresser presents the argument that the only eyes we need to satisfy are God's.
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William Raynor10 min read

Enough of Economic Chaos? Time for a Morality-Based Solution

Author William Raynor argues for a morality-based model like The Catholic Framework for Economic Life as a solution to current economic chaos.
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.6 min read

Philosophy and Culture: Always in Style

Katie Kresser begins her new series, focused on philosophy and culture, by analyzing the debate between Meyer Schapiro and Ernst Gombrich on style.
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.7 min read

Art for the Ages: Girl With a Pearl Earring

Learn how Girl With a Pearl Earring is the epitome of beauty by expressing God’s creative dynamism and participating in the creative principles of nature.
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.8 min read

Art for the Ages: The Sistine Chapel and Universal Truth

The Sistine Chapel is a Renaissance masterpiece. Here Dr. Kresser seeks to answer a few of the many questions about the great tourist attraction.
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Matthew A. Tsakanikas8 min read

Sinai as Interpretive Key to Genesis Part II: Exodus of Moses

Dr. Tsakanikas makes the argument that the existing modern book of Genesis, apart from Exodus, relies on the successful Exodus of Moses.
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Matthew A. Tsakanikas8 min read

Sinai as Interpretive Key to Genesis Part I: Entering the Cult

Dr. Tsakinikas looks at Mount Sinai and sets out to encourage people to view Adam and Eve's story without utilizing biological explanations of origins.
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Joel Fernandes2 min read

Overcoming Loneliness, Isolation, and Failed Relationships

Take a look at the numbers for marriages and divorces and then see how love is the answer to overcoming loneliness.
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.6 min read

Art for the Ages: Da Vinci’s Last Supper

A Look at Leonardo da Vinci's 'Last Supper' and an answer to the question: does art have universal resonance?
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