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Fireside Friday: Baron Joseph Duveen, the world’s premiere art dealer, called William Randolph Hearst “the Great Accumulator.” He bought not only "art, antiques, statuary, silverware and textiles on an epic scale,” he also acquired "over thirty ceilings, doorcases,...

It’s an old wag’s line: denial isn’t just a river in Egypt. But sometimes we deny the Egypt-like influence of the world around us. In the end, this world is nothing but a graveyard. With the Egyptians of old, it all ended in the world’s fanciest graves. But we have...

How would you form a vessel on the potter’s wheel? Pressure-free? Only in your imagination. Real vessels are formed through real pressures, and that’s why Paul says we have confidence in the difficulties of life because that’s how we’re being shaped to become vessels...

It doesn’t matter how well we plan our lives, but suddenly gaps open up before us. A shortage of funds, sudden sickness, canceled appointments, delayed flights. And when that happens, we often can't see how to move forward. Then Someone acts, Someone a lot bigger than...

The war is on. The lines are drawn. It’s time to fight the fight. Weapons? Check. But wait! Who’s the enemy? It would probably be good to know that before we start swinging away and lopping off ears.

MMM: Hope for the Hopeless (3.5 mins) — One smile. That's all he was looking for to convince him not to jump. This world is a hopeless place. Dress it up however you wish but, at the end of the day, the rising number of suicides every year points to the equation found...