That joking retort we heard as children, "Is the pope Catholic?" is starting to look like a serious question. Asked five years ago about a "gay lobby" in the Vatican, Pope Francis responded, "If a ...

Research on lying has yielded some rather amazing results. One study has concluded that, on average, people are told 200 lies per day. Negotiating modern life is difficult, this particular study ...

There is a big difference between factual statements and statements that express strong emotions or demands (Messerly, 2016). When you claim that something is a fact (for example, "Trees get their ...

When teaching my senior seminar at Hope College, I gave the assignment of writing a paper selecting one of two titles: “I am a Seeker of Truth” or “I am a Child of God.” I explained that these are not ...