"Pride goeth before a fall." -- Proverbs 16:18 The Book of Proverbs is part of the Wisdom writing of the Hebrew Scriptures. Its counsel, like that of similar books of the Old Testament, is that pride ...

This month marks the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, a gay-liberation effort that took place over several days in New York beginning on June 28, 1969. What began as a bold and brave public ...

Psychology professor Barbara Held writes about the thin line between humility and self-deprecation and argues that the virtuous golden mean of “truthfulness” is a better way to see humility. Being ...

We are a proud people. It’s only natural to feel good about our successful individual and corporate accomplishments. Those accomplishments may not be long lived, so celebrating them makes good common ...

Most religious traditions don’t look kindly upon pride. For example, in the Jewish commentary the Talmud, we find, “A proud man is not loved even in his own house.” Christianity's Book of Proverbs ...

July 5, 2026 – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading s: Zechariah 9:9-10; Psalm 145, R. I will praise your name for ever ...

This June marks the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City, a series of riots for gay liberation that took place over several days beginning on June 28, 1969. What began as a bold ...