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Beyond the Bottom Line: How Christian Faith Transforms Our Relationship with Money
In our modern world, the pursuit of profit has become the invisible hand that guides countless decisions, from personal career choices to international policy. The relentless drive for financial gain shapes not just our economic systems but our very souls, creating a culture where worth is measured in dollars and success is synonymous with accumulation….
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The Inconsolable Longing: How AI Threatens the Human Experience of Sehnsucht
In the twilight of his life, C.S. Lewis reflected on a peculiar human experience that had haunted him since childhood—an inexplicable longing that seemed to point beyond the material world toward something infinitely desirable yet perpetually elusive. He called this experience Sehnsucht, a German word that captures what English cannot: a bittersweet yearning, an “inconsolable…
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Sehnsucht and Nostalgia: C.S. Lewis and Billy Joel’s Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
C. S. Lewis famously saw in our deepest longings the signature of another world. In his letters and essays he often used the German term Sehnsucht to describe a profound, inconsolable yearning for something beyond anything we have known – a longing that earthly pleasures can only hint at. In Surprised by Joy Lewis calls…
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Yearning Beyond the Bar: Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” and C.S. Lewis’s Sehnsucht
C. S. Lewis famously used the German word Sehnsucht to describe the “inconsolable longing” at the heart of human experience – a wistful yearning for “our own far-off country…for something that has never actually appeared in our experience”. In his memoir Surprised by Joy and essays like The Weight of Glory, Lewis characterizes this longing (which…
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Sehnsucht and the Ache of Joy
Sehnsucht is a German word for an intense, often inconsolable longing or yearning for something beyond this world. C. S. Lewis identifies this feeling with what he calls Joy – “distinct not only from pleasure in general but even from aesthetic pleasure,” and which “must have the stab, the pang, the inconsolable longing”. Lewis traces…
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Humility
Humility in average Christianity is a topic that is often overlooked or underestimated in today’s society, yet it holds significant importance in the spiritual growth and development of individuals. The concept of humility, defined as the quality of being humble or modest, is a cornerstone of the Christian faith. It is a virtue that is…