WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? What Is Christianity Really About? Christianity can look like many different things from the outside. But underneath churches, traditions, rules, and institutions, what is actually at the center of the Christian faith? Ask several people what Christianity is about and you may receive very different answers. Some might say it is…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? Does Prayer Really Work? People have prayed for thousands of years. But what should we expect prayer to do—and what does it mean when the answer we hoped for does not come? People often turn to prayer when they need something. Someone we love is sick. A relationship is struggling. We…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? What Does It Mean to Have Faith? Faith is sometimes described as believing without evidence. But perhaps faith is less about ignoring questions and more about learning whom or what we are willing to trust. People use the word faith in very different ways. Sometimes it means optimism: Have faith. Things…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? If God Is Real, What Is He Like? Believing that God might exist raises another question. What kind of God might be behind the world we experience? It is possible to believe that some kind of God exists without knowing very much about what that God is like. Perhaps God is…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? Does God Exist? People have asked the question for thousands of years. What reasons might we have for believing there is more behind the universe than the universe itself? Does God exist? For some people, the answer seems obvious. For others, belief in God feels difficult or even unnecessary. Many of…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? Why Do I Feel Like Something Is Missing? Sometimes life can be going reasonably well and still feel incomplete. What might that feeling be trying to tell us? It can be difficult to explain the feeling that something is missing. Nothing may be obviously wrong. Life may even look pretty good…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? Is There More to Life Than What We Can See? The physical world is extraordinary. But is everything that matters about being human something we can see, measure, or explain? We have become very good at understanding the world around us. We can study distant galaxies, map the human genome, watch…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? What Is the Meaning of Life? It may be one of the biggest questions we can ask. But perhaps we begin answering it in surprisingly ordinary places. What is the meaning of life? The question can sound almost too large to be useful. Philosophers have debated it for centuries. Religions and…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? What Really Makes Us Happy? We spend a lot of time pursuing things we think will make us happy. Why does some happiness last while other happiness disappears so quickly? Most of us want to be happy. We may describe it differently, but much of everyday life is shaped by things…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? Does My Life Have a Purpose? Most of us want our lives to matter. But is purpose something we discover, something we create, or perhaps a little of both? Purpose can seem like a very big word. We sometimes imagine that having a purpose means discovering one great thing we were…