Back in my Episcopalian days in the Deep South, I remember hearing a fascinating conversation between a mother and son on their arrival at church. The son was asking his mother about why they came.

Arthur Brooks’s new book is enjoyable, smart, and often wise, but a search for true meaning must bring us to Christ. Sometimes this looks like basic fidelity to Scripture, which depicts Christ as the ...

I read "Man's Search for Meaning (New Edition)," which I had purchased and left unread for a while. By Viktor E. Frankl, ...

Scientists have debated the definition of life for decades, but they still lack a consensus on the answer. Experts believe that "edge cases" make life difficult to define and blur boundaries across ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Philosopher Immanuel Kant explored how human knowledge of reality is possible, positing that ...

Bestselling ‘happiness’ author Arthur Brooks and Utah civic/religious leaders Mike and Jacalyn Leavitt honored by Sutherland ...

From the moment we begin to question the world around us, one of the most profound and often unsettling questions we face is: What is the meaning of life? For some, this question leads to despair, as ...

The bromide has it that a liberal is a person who won’t take his own side in an argument. To this we might add a corollary: there is a certain kind of conservative pundit who has never really had a ...

Asking a biologist to define 'life' is a bit like looking-up the word 'definition' in a dictionary — it's as if you're questioning their very existence. Biologists like myself don't agree on what life ...

What do people value in life? How much of what gives people satisfaction in their lives is fundamental and shared across cultures, and how much is unique to a given society? To understand these and ...

What are the physics of life? That is more than just a philosophical question—it has practical implications for our search for life elsewhere in the galaxy. We know what Earth life looks like, on a ...

The question concerning the meaning of life should not be taken as unanswerable. It has a reasonable answer and one that should satisfy even skeptics. People often find themselves in a situation where ...