by Stewart Ebersole | May 11, 2020 | Success
Striving for a Goal Almost everyone in this world is striving for success in something. It might be in education, in growing a business, in their marriage, or in many other things, but everyone wants to succeed. When we look back at the end of the week, month, or...
by Stewart Ebersole | Mar 9, 2020 | Pleasure
In Pursuit of Pleasure A common conundrum faced by Christians and Church leaders today is what to do with the myriad pleasures and pastimes that people pursue. How do we relate to activities that are not sin (and therefore not outright forbidden) but are still things...
by Stewart Ebersole | Jan 27, 2020 | Pleasure
A Fundamental Philosophy of Fun “ So, I know this isn’t the right question to ask, but… what is actually wrong with it?” The question, which came from one of my eighth graders, was about an activity that another authority in his life had forbidden. I don’t remember...
by Stewart Ebersole | Dec 16, 2019 | Technology
Socrates, considered to be the first moral philosopher and the founder of Western philosophy, lived at a time when the alphabet was first being introduced to Greece. He famously declined to write anything down, so all of the teaching we have from him is lectures or...
by Stewart Ebersole | Sep 24, 2019 | Communication
A good conversation is one of the few things that pretty much every single person enjoys. It is the cornerstone that forms the foundation of our friendships. While the subjects discussed vary from person to person, we will spend and enjoy hours in deep conversation...