Unless we face—and persist through—difficulty, we will make no progress; and only by a desire to please God will we find the joy that spreads to others.  But, you may ask, how, when times are really tough, can we actually...

Someone once said, “[a]nd whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!” Some of you may have heard of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl born in Germany in 1929. ...

“’Tis, finally, the Man, who, lifted high,Conspicuous object in a Nation’s eye,Or left unthought-of in obscurity,—Who, with a toward or untoward lot,Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not—Plays, in the many games of life, that oneWhere what he most...

The word difficulty comes from the Latin difficilis, which is a combination of the prefix “dis” meaning “not,” and facilis, which means “easy.”  And facilis comes from the Latin verb facere, meaning “to make” or “to do.”  So, a difficulty, properly understood, is not merely...

The Honor Code concludes with what might seem like a rather absurd suggestion—that we ought to be joyful in the face of difficulty.  But it is important to understand that what we are called to is not to enjoy difficulties,...

This week, we’ve considered what it means to fulfill the Honor Code’s call to be dutiful in service.  We will close the week by reflecting on the question, But why?  Why be dutiful in service?  Why enslave ourselves to the...

If “every life is a servitude” and, in the end, we’re all “gonna have to serve somebody,” then whom shall we serve? The Honor Code gives us an answer, albeit indirectly.  It declares not only that we must serve, but...

The Honor Code calls us to be dutiful in service.  And as we saw yesterday, that is a bit like saying, as slaves, we should fulfill our obligations to our master; to serve the one we owe. But the idea...

The word duty comes from the same root as the words due and debt, as in, what is owed; and the word service comes from the Latin word for slave.  So, to be dutiful in service is to consider our actions for others to...