Of the many virtues we find in the Bible, which is most significant? Love? Holiness? Generosity? Integrity? Selflessness? In Galatians 5:22-23 we find one short list of possibilities: “But the fruit ...

There are four types of humility apparent in SBHG communities: intrapersonal, interpersonal, community and ecological, which interact throughout the lifespan. But the most critical foundations are ...

It wasn’t too long ago that humility was considered by most Americans to be a virtue. Today however, somehow, hubris seems to have become much more fashionable in our country than humility.

The default psychological setting for human beings is an unavoidable self-centeredness. We each stand at the center of our own thoughts, feelings and needs, and thus experience them in a way that we ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Being a religious leader means wearing many different hats. At times, their congregations expect them to convey passionate confidence – to be models of faith and strength. But wise ...

Look up “humility” and the online dictionary says “The state or character of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a low estimate of one's self; self-abasement.” Now look ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday closed his catechetical series on vices and virtues with a review of humility, a virtue that forms the “the base of Christian life” and is a source of peace for the Church ...

I’m taking another stab at something I’ve been experimenting with the past few weeks: looking at spiritual concepts that have nearly universal applications for the religious and non-religious alike.

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 ...

Pope Francis' final Easter message stressed the importance of religious freedom, freedom of thought and expression, and respect for differing viewpoints. The author contrasts the Pope's message with ...

What is humility? It’s not humiliation, nor groveling, nor subordination. It manifests in truthful self-perception, honest self-other relations and is about deep connection to others. In a recent ...