You may have heard the saying that the difference between confidence and arrogance is humility. You have likely also heard people use phrases like, “humble brag,” or “I don’t mean to toot my own horn.

Many of us have thought about the characteristics of the kind of leaders we would like to see in service in 2021. We want leaders who can promote public health, govern well, and legislate fairly.

A popular misquote of C.S. Lewis flattens this fundamental virtue—and retracts an invitation to the self-scrutiny we need. Scripture honors and commands humility, but what does it look like in ...

Editor's note: Bishop Thomas Gumbleton gave this homily Sept. 1. As I mentioned to you at the beginning of introducing the Scriptures, Jesus has been teaching us over the last 10 or 12 Sundays various ...

Three times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Saturdays and features artist Donald Clegg, of Spokane; retired Methodist ...

“There are two ways to attain high esteem. One is the world’s method: Take every opportunity to promote yourself before others, seize occasions for recognition and manipulate your way into the center ...

Paul I find this letter to be an incredible example of Christ-like humility from Paul. In other letters, Paul calls on believers to imitate him as he imitates Christ, and here he gives us an example ...

Carina Chocano wrote a timely column earlier this year titled, “Laying Low,” her premise being that we have lost the virtue of humility in our society. The loss has been so complete, per Chocano, that ...

Years ago a university physician-professor commissioned me to write a research grant to study traumatic brain injury. I remember attending a medical conference with him and going to a reception after ...