Matt Kaufman

In France, upwards of a million people, many of them young, are marching, striking and sometimes rioting — because the government’s raising the retirement age from 60 to 62. It’s a dramatic display of the entitlement mentality, which isn’t interested …

No matter how long I’ve been out of college, I always think back to it in the fall. If anything, I do it more now than I used to. It’s a special time, and you don’t realize how special until it’s been a long while ago. As someone who went to school whe …

In his Confessions, St. Augustine famously says that, in his youth, he prayed, “Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet.” You can see why a quote like that has had staying power. It hits close to home for a lot of people. It hits even closer if w …

There’s a saying in college sports: “The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.” Impatient fans don’t always remember that. The young quarterback has trouble picking up his receivers? “He can’t pass.” Smart fans, and coaches, know be …

It can be hard to accept that there are times when you’re dependent on other people, especially when you’re a long-term single

Sometimes you guys give us ideas for posts. Corwin did that in a reply to my last post, talking about Solomon’s turn away from wisdom: Turns out knowing what is right doesn’t necessarily mean that you will do what is right. By the end of his life, Solo …

That question carries an assumption, so let me break it down: Are you in a Bible study right now? If so, what are you studying? There’s a reason for the timing of this question. Group Bible studies, like lots of things, are often seasonal: People take …

If you have Explorer, you probably signed on a few hours ago and were greeted by this headline on MSN.com: “The Seven Deadly Sins of Life.” And for a split second maybe you wondered: Is this a religious message? Are they talking about my life? But then …