Sometimes, the struggles we face, both as individuals and as a society, seem insurmountable. While there is much around us that is good, some problems and conflicts—personal, relational, political—can ...

Anxiety, burnout, and emotional exhaustion are at historic highs. As Americans feel increasingly pessimistic about the future, the pressure to “stay positive” has never been more intense—or misplaced.

TWO rather touching examples of optimism came to our attention last week. The seventy million spiritual children of the Aga Khan announced a plan to give him his weight in diamonds in 1945 (two ...