Gratitude Without Limit

Gratitude Without Limit

The place of gratitude in human life is at once obvious and remarkably complex. Great pagan philosophers (such as Seneca) as well as Christian theologians (such as Thomas Aquinas) have treated it at some length. This much is clear: learning both to be grateful and to...
Recovering Leisure at Thanksgiving: Planning Spontaneity

Recovering Leisure at Thanksgiving: Planning Spontaneity

It is one of the great crises of our day, the more serious for its being largely unnoticed. The lack of truly ‘free time’ in our life is masked by our referring to chunks of our time as ‘free.’ But for several generations, wise observers have pointed to a radical new...
Thanksgiving: A Time for Story-Telling

Thanksgiving: A Time for Story-Telling

“Come, rather,” then she said, “dear guest, and tell us From the beginning the Greek stratagems…” The room fell silent, and all eyes were on him, As Father Aeneas from his high couch began… Virgil, The Aeneid Each of us has stories: the stories that are chapters of...

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