The Top 10 of 2023

The Top 10 of 2023

This year, the most read articles and watched videos included topics from marriage and parenting to prophecy and church membership. See what you missed or what might warrant a second look as I break down the top 10 of 2023.

How Santa’s Naughty List Confuses the Message of Christmas

How Santa’s Naughty List Confuses the Message of Christmas

No matter what your religious background is, you should be at least a little outraged at the message that a child’s presents somehow correlate with their moral behaviour. As others have pointed out, the presents that children receive mostly reflect the relative wealth of their parents, not whether they’re on some list of morally superior children.

What Your Hope Reveals About the Direction of Your Life

What Your Hope Reveals About the Direction of Your Life

Like caffeine: it picks us up, so we don’t stop to think about its source. But hope isn’t neutral. There are many things we hope in that end in huge disappointment and even painful consequences. They leave people feeling hopeless. Or they’re afraid to hope for fear of being let down. Is cynicism the answer?