We have a meaning crisis in our society that is particularly acute for people younger than 35. Below, Arthur Brooks shares ...

The question of the meaning of life is perhaps one that we would rather not ask, for fear of the answer or lack thereof. Still today, many people believe that we, humankind, are the creation of a ...

Seeking meaning in life remains an important component of resilience. How might you call yourself toward a greater sense of ...

What’s the big idea? A lot of people right now feel lost, anxious, and despaired. During these dark times, preserving a sense of meaning in our lives is vital. Fortunately, meaning can be cultivated ...

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 ...

As a young mechanical engineering student, and later as a medical student, Yale’s Samuel Wilkinson became fascinated with what science — particularly theories of evolution — might tell us about the ...

If your young child asks “what’s the meaning of life?” you might laugh it off (how cute!) or freeze in panic (where do I even begin?). But children know otherwise. They ask big questions like “Why are ...

It’s one of the most philosophical questions of our human existence, and one which always has – and always will – occupy our minds in a ...

The end of the world is when we die but the end of the world is not the end of us. John 18:37-38: “So Pilate said to him, ‘Then you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say I am a king. For this I was ...