There is an old parable about a young sailor who is left alone at sea because his ship suddenly sinks and his crew dies. He constructs a makeshift raft and follows the stars for navigation. But when a ...

"Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour" (Matthew 25:13). This verse is the conclusion of the Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids, a story told by Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.

Octavia Butler's sci-fi novel Parable of the Sower was published 30 years ago, in 1993. This Afrofuturistic book about a dystopian America set in our time now seems positively prophetic — and a new ...

In just 7 years, Peanut the Squirrel went from being an anonymous street rodent, to a famous influencer, to a billion dollar cryptocurrency. His story is a parable of the modern attention economy.

(RNS) — “The best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy,” explains the Wizard of Oz, played by Jeff Goldblum, in “Wicked,” the new movie version of Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel ...

It’s incredible that anyone survived given the calamities and deprivations the crew faced. Yeah, but I was looking for a deeper resonance. Why resuscitate and revive and spend years excavating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. There is a famous line by an Ancient Greek poet named ...

For a long time America’s first ladies worked from their bedroom. This was a comfy set-up but not a very dignified one. So in 1977 Rosalynn Carter put her desk in the East Wing of the White House.