It was the last week of St. Gregory’s Armenian School and Camp in East Falmouth, Massachusetts. On this Sunday in August, Father Luke Arakelian delivered one of the most memorable ...
Read More »Praise & Compliments: Christ Himself Shows How It Should Be Done
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Christ is indeed lavish in his praise.
Read More »G. K. Chesterton’s Fr. Brown Debunks The Facade of Secret Societies
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | In one of the Father Brown detective mysteries, a select group of men known as “The Twelve True Fishermen,” meet once a year for an annual club dinner at the fashionable Vernon Hotel.
Read More »The Genius of the Playful Mind
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | Man’s play, however, is not limited to the realm of athletics or the Olympics. The playful mind sees old truths in fresh images.
Read More »When the Imagination Can Be Dangerous
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | The imagination means the ability to be inventive, creative, and resourceful. However, the imagination can also mean...
Read More »The Magnanimous Man: Living Like a Christian Knight
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | The magnanimous man is large-hearted enough to take into consideration the humanity of his enemies.
Read More »When to Expect a Miracle
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | While God works miracles to heal, to feed, and to resurrect the dead, He does not perform wonders to amaze the crowds...
Read More »Will Science ‘Save’ Us?
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | Science separated from God and the common good and removed from morality and wisdom presumes to be an end in itself rather than a means to an end.
Read More »Is It a Sin to Be Boring?
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | All human beings owe to one another the obligation of being pleasant and enjoyable company instead of being boring, or a burden...
Read More »Should I Ask for an Apology – When I’m in the Right?
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | So often in relationships arguments arise in which both parties are convinced that they deserve an apology for an offense...
Read More »Just How Clever is Evil? Macbeth Finds Out…
by Mitchel Kalpakgian | Macbeth learns that daggers draw blood, and murder produces guilt. Man’s conscience and soul are real, alive, and active—especially at night.
Read More »How We’re Meant to Live Life – With Joy, Beauty and Friends
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | In Willa Cather’s My Antonia, Jimmy Burden, the narrator who relates the story of his life in Nebraska and the lives of the immigrant families who settled in the Midwest, recalls an illuminating moment in his study of Virgil at the University of Nebraska.
Read More »Why the Liberal Arts are Essential
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | It is common to hear students dismiss certain fields of knowledge as useless to their profession and career. Why should students majoring in information technology, accounting, music, or biology study philosophy, literature, or Latin? Surely they will not need this knowledge in their specialized, technical fields of study.
Read More »How the World Redefined ‘Wisdom’ and How We Respond
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | According to the worldly wise, the end justifies the means. If one achieves his ambitions, he need not be scrupulous or squeamish for doing what most people do—even if they are dishonest.
Read More »What We Can Learn About Courtesy From ‘Emma’
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | The custom of visiting on Sundays and holidays, once a natural part of a human life, has waned in the last fifty years. Visitors feel the obligation to call in advance and ask permission lest they impose or inconvenience their hosts. Hosts who receive visitors sense the need to have ample provisions...
Read More »How to Prevent Déjà Vu from Ruining Your Outlook
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | The French phrase “déjà vu” (already seen) carries a negative connotation. If something is déjà vu, it means that one has done something, been someplace, or had an experience that he does not want to repeat, revisit, or undergo again.
Read More »Why The World Is In a Mess, And How to Fix It
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | In the “Preface” to The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis explains the nature of moral error in the modern world as an endless progression on the wrong road-- the assumption that all roads sooner or later lead to the same destination.
Read More »How a Little Princess Spoke the Truth and Changed a Heart
by Dr Kalpakgian | By giving Curdie “some” of the truth Irene led him to “all” of it. By giving Curdie time and being content to be misunderstood for a short period, Irene led her friend to the fullness of the truth. To be a messenger like Irene is to speak the simple truth and let God do the rest.
Read More »Education: More than Book Learning?
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | According to Chauntecleer, books are the final authority of truth. Pertelote, who stays below in the farmyard, views the subject of dreams exclusively in terms of personal experience. Never in her life does she remember a dream that came true.
Read More »Getting More Out of Your Day – Starting Now!
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | Listening to the talk shows on television every night, watching athletic events all day Saturday and Sunday, and spending hours on the Internet do not organize the day, deserve priority, or require the discipline of will power. They do not breathe life, nourish the mind, or lift the soul. A person does not need more time to do these essential things but a greater desire to do first things first.
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