What is the pursuit of happiness as articulated in the Declaration of Independence? Pause for a moment and ask yourself, what does that phrase mean? And what did Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, and the others who signed it, understand it to mean? It certainly did
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This is post 3 of 9 in the series “happiness” Sabbatical Reflections: The Pursuit of Happiness (Part 1 of 3) Sabbatical Reflections: The Pursuit of Happiness (Part 2 of 3) Sabbatical Reflections: The Pursuit of Happiness (Part 3 of 3) Happiness: Where Does It Come From? Happiness: You Can Find
The Pursuit of Happiness When you think of “happiness,” what comes to mind? My pastor recently preached through the book of Philippians and contrasted joy and happiness this way: Happiness is fleeting, transitory, and based on circumstances. Joy, on the other hand, remains-despite our circumstances-if it rests on a deep
This is post 3 of 7 in the series “Obama’s Blinding Style” Obama’s Blinding Style, Part 1 Obama’s Blinding Style, Part 2 Obama’s Blinding Style, Part 3 Obama’s Blinding Style, Part 4 Obama’s Blinding Style, Part 5 & Final A Response to Obama’s Blinding Style More on Obama’s Style &
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “America Christian nation” Is America a Christian Nation? Part 1 of 2 Is America a Christian Nation? Part 2 of 2 But it is here that we need to make a distinction. This is a distinction that most people, including Barack