This neglected virtue, says Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian, expresses charity in small and large ways that include both speech and behavior and manners and morals.
Read More »The 4 Temperaments: Do You Know Yours?
To be the best parent, student or spouse, whatever our vocation, Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian advises that we must know and understand our God-given temperament.
Read More »5 Ways We Hurt People’s Feelings
Using examples of the bad manners found in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Mitchell Kalpakgian shows how our charitable actions can avoid hurt feelings.
Read More »7 Extreme Lessons On Manners from Great Literature
In a surprising sweep of literature, Dr. Kalpakgian explores seven sources of extreme lessons on manners. Without manners, can we live in peace at all?
Read More »Simple Ways to Find the Missing Element in Your Life
Sometimes small changes yield great happiness. Dr. Kalpakgian considers what literary characters can teach about finding the missing element in our lives.
Read More »On the Nose: 4 Ways Pinocchio Teaches Children Common Sense
In a world in want of common sense, Mitchell Kalpakgian finds priceless lessons in Pinocchio to teach our children how to live virtuous and rewarding lives.
Read More »The Art of the Possible: Choosing the Best Way to Live
Prince Rasselas searches for the best way to live. When there are too many valid options, how does one decide? Dr. Kalpakgian provides the prince’s answer.
Read More »Do Good Manners Complete Our Education?
Is our education complete if we never learn the art of conversation nor express common courtesy to others? Mitchell Kalpakgian and Robert Frost think not.
Read More »The Moral Imagination: The Beauty of Goodness & the Ugliness of Evil
Without clear ideas of what good or evil should be, we are doomed to mix them up. Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian furnishes fresh images for our moral imagination.
Read More »More Joy: Why We Should Find Little Ways to Enrich Lives
Man finds special meaning and purpose in inheriting and giving. Dr. Kalpakgian shows how we all have a small role to fill in creating more joy in the world.
Read More »Why the Key to Life is How We Travel to Our Goal
To reach our goal, are all life journeys equal? Dr Kalpakgian delves into Dickens’ David Copperfield to show that the mode of travel really does matter.
Read More »The Surprising Rewards of Generosity
Christ asks us to give unselfishly for His sake. However, Mitchell Kalpakgian discusses how such generosity is always rewarded, often in surprising ways!
Read More »Why We Can’t Succeed Without Noble Thoughts
Why should we study the classics and develop noble thoughts? Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian explores the essential role of literature in character formation.
Read More »The Objectivity and Subjectivity of Truth
What role does the heart play in perceiving truth? Does sentiment make us biased? Dr Kalpakgian explores these questions through the works of C.S. Lewis.
Read More »The Mystery Revealed to Transform Your Work into a Labor of Love
Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian draws from Homer, Chaucer, and Robert Frost to show how a creative touch can transform daily work into a labor of love.
Read More »The Transcendent Beautiful: Enemy of the Politically Correct
Leaders in Orwell’s and Huxley’s worlds fear beauty. Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian uses Hopkins’ poetry to reveal why: it has power to lift heart, mind, and soul.
Read More »‘Salt of the Earth’: Hans Andersen Explains This in a Fairy Tale
What does it mean to be the salt of the earth? Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian finds a valuable example in the story of the 'Flying Trunk', great for reading aloud.
Read More »Good is Always Useful: Newman & Andersen on Liberal Arts
The attitude that liberal arts is a time-waste is not new. Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian shares inspiration from Cardinal Newman & Hans Christian Andersen.
Read More »Robin Hood: The Ideal of a Good, Noble & Happy Heart
Robin Hood's story has been often retold, but Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian digs into his original character, and uncovers the ideal of a good and joyous heart.
Read More »Forbidden Curiosity: The Ancient Virtue of ‘Studiosity’ for Today
The past is rife with men consumed by a curiosity for forbidden secrets. Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian explores the forgotten virtue of 'studiosity' as a solution.
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