Empathy seems like one of those qualities you can never have too much of. On one hand, suicidal empathy is Gad Saad’s term for compassion that, in his view, becomes harmful when emotion overrides evidence, limits, consequences, or the needs of other people. Saad applies the idea to immigration, cultural relativism, crime, homelessness, gender policy, […]
This Is Me: A Reckoning by Hayden Panettiere: What Her Memoir Is About
For most of her life, Hayden Panettiere was someone audiences thought they knew. This Is Me: A Reckoning is her memoir about growing up famous, struggling with addiction and postpartum depression, navigating motherhood and abuse, grieving her brother, and trying to understand who she was beneath the roles and headlines. It is not simply a […]
What Does “As in the Days of Noah” Mean? Matthew 24:37 Explained
Some flood footage is so overwhelming that the word biblical stops feeling like a cliché. “As in the days of Noah” means that people will carry on with ordinary life, unaware of approaching judgment, before the coming of the Son of Man, much as they did before Noah’s flood. Jesus uses the comparison in Matthew […]
What Does “A Threefold Cord Is Not Easily Broken” Mean?
“A threefold cord is not easily broken” has become a favorite Bible verse for weddings because the image feels made for marriage. Two lives come together, faith runs through them, and each strand helps make the whole stronger. The phrase comes from Ecclesiastes 4:12. Although the passage was not written specifically about marriage, its message […]
“Love Is Patient, Love Is Kind”: What 1 Corinthians 13:4–8 Means in Marriage
“Love is patient, love is kind” has found a natural home at weddings. Couples place the words in ceremony programs, read them during vows, and carry them into the promises they make to one another. Yet 1 Corinthians 13:4–8 offers much more than a beautiful wedding reading. Paul describes a love that stays patient, chooses […]
What Does “It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times” Mean?
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” means that hope and suffering can exist at the same time. Charles Dickens opens A Tale of Two Cities with a world full of contradictions, where progress sits beside inequality and optimism exists alongside fear. However, the famous line does more than describe […]