By Brandon Abbott We are surrounded by noise. From the moment we wake up, something is already filling the silence: notifications, music, podcasts, conversations, or scrolling. In a world where noise is constant, silence can feel uncomfortable, even unsettling. But what if that discomfort is actually revealing something deeper? Silence
In her seminal book, On Beauty and Being Just, Elaine Scarry notes that the encounter between Odysseus and Nausicaa in book six of Homer’s Odyssey stands as a paradigm of the experience of both beauty and wonder. You may recall that just before this encounter Odysseus escaped from seven years
In Part One of this article I shared how situational awareness became an ingrained part of my everyday life via my career in law enforcement. In Part Two, we’ll explore how Joseph Smith used both situational awareness and spiritual sensitivity while reestablishing Christ’s Church on earth… Part Two As the
Rapid Growth and Gospel Need: A New Work in Smyrna God is moving in Middle Tennessee, and we see His work unfolding in Smyrna as The Church at Nolensville prepares to plant a new church in the community. This area is experiencing rapid growth with over 4,000 homes built in
Crises of human dignity in our age tend to focus on those patent assaults against the human person, including abortion, the death penalty, war, and the abuse of the migrant and laborer alike—to name but a few. As St. John Paul II describes in Evangelium Vitae, each of these affronts against
What Is the Protestant Reformation? Everything You Need to Know The Protestant Reformation marked an explosive turning point in church history, as it recovered and proclaimed the gospel of saving grace. Its message was that God justifies men in his sight by faith alone. To be saved, a person must
Around this same time one year ago, I released the “It is Well With My Soul” Gratitude Journal. The visuals were inspired by the harrowing real life experience of Horatio Spafford, the man who penned the lyrics to the beloved Christian hymn It is Well With My Soul, despite a
A year ago, I walked away from academia after fifteen years to become a full-time homeschooling mother and a freelance writer. I was sure that the first of these would go well. I had doubts about the second, and that possibility was making me a bit verklempt. I had been