“Certain things,” writes Josef Pieper, “can be adequately discussed only if at the same time we speak of the whole of the world and life. If we are not ready to do that, we give up all claim to saying ...

There are various voices on this issue: God is not human, he thinks differently. Instead of praying, spend the time on making the team better. Praying to God for winning would be selfish and childish.

There comes a moment in every person’s life—quiet and almost cruel in its clarity—when you finally realize: you weren’t loving, you were abandoning yourself. You gave pieces of yourself, not because ...