When my children were in elementary school, they would occasionally bring home worksheets entitled “Fact or Opinion,” with lists of statements to be labeled “F” or “O.” Most of these were obvious (“Vanilla ice cream tastes better than strawberry”; “The sun is farther from the earth than the moon is”).
Why Do We Hate Each Other So Much? (5 Reasons Anger Is the New Epidemic) Christians aren’t exempt from the trend toward anger, outrage and division online. In fact, there are a good number of Christians who are fuelling it. What Stops People from Being Kinder? The Kindness Test is
Judaism plays a significant role in the play “The Lehman Trilogy.” As the characters’ success in business reaches astronomic levels, the degree in which they practice Judaism goes from strictly observant at the beginning of Act I (taking place in 1844), to barely practicing at the end of Act III (taking
Cover image: Samuel Dedicated by Hannah at the Temple by Frank W.W. Topham. 175 Temple Symbols and Their Meanings (Deseret Book, 2020), by Donald W. Parry, contains six different entries on the significant role of women in the Lord’s temples (ancient and modern). Parry felt that the topic of women
The Gemara is prone to challenge the specific language used by a rabbi in order to sharpen our understanding of the statement and its implications. Sometimes, the analysis reveals a need for clarification and the statement is subsequently amended. Other times, it turns out the original language is stronger than
The following is excerpted from LDS Living. Most of us were raised on stories of the prophets of God. We were told of their many strengths and taught to emulate their righteousness. Yet, just as they had strengths that we can learn from, it is also important to remember that
All Hallows Evening Prayer is a service of worship in the evening for all pilgrims on the journey to the heavenly city. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a disciple is “a person who believes in the ideas and principles of someone famous and tries to live the way that person
Aaron’s Silence Comments on Torah Portion Shemini 2022 Two young men meet a sudden, tragic death in our Torah portion. The scene is described tersely: Now Aaron’s sons Nadav and Avihu each took his fire pan, put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and they offered before