I worked in retail at the mall in college. I vividly remember being responsible for reorganizing the wall of denim at Express — which at the time felt as tall as the Sistine Chapel. This was the ...

It is just about time for my yearly lesson in humility, and I am beginning to get nervous. Each academic year, at some point, I am forced to confront either my own humanity, or that of one of my ...

St. Augustine wrote that there were two kinds of love in the world: amor sui ad contemptum Dei et amor Dei ad contemptum sui — “love of self to the contempt of God and love of God to the contempt of ...

My daughter recently was promoted into a management role for the first time. Within days of assuming her new duties she called to vent about the problems she was facing. From scheduling to ...

Now that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has some time on his hands, I’d like to book him as a trainer for public figures. He’s got a message folks from all walks of life could use: Be humble ...

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Sunday, Dec. 25, is the Nativity of the Lord. Mass readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Matthew 1:1-25 or Matthew 1:18-25. The Newborn Christ is not found where ...

For many people, humility is a message of the season. On Christmas, some like to recall from Philippians 2:8 that Jesus “humbled himself,” becoming “obedient to the point of death.” For some Jews like ...