Wil Darcangelo

There is a way to read the founding words of this country that neither excuses their limits nor dismisses their power.

Across cultures and centuries, humanity has kept creating communities of people whose full-time vocation is literally to hold the rest of us in compassion.

There's a word I first learned in seminary, although it exists in many traditions and fields beyond religion. It's the word discernment.

Some truths are defended best by being lived. Benjamin Franklin rarely seemed concerned with defending his scientific observations.

Thoughts on the art of figure-it-out ability Editor's note: Wil Darcangelo, the author of the “Hopeful Thinking” column, and pastor at the Unitarian

The world's best teachers do not want followers for their own sake. They want colleagues. Successors. Equals. They hope that one day their students will no longer need them.

I have been fascinated by the history of the British monarchy for most of my life. I love the castles. The pageantry. The history.

Founding father's views were a breath of fresh air

Benjamin Franklin was one of the most practical people who ever lived. Yet among all his experiments with electricity, bifocals and lightning rods, perhaps his most unusual obsession had nothing to do with laboratories.

There's a very important headspace where we stop feeling safe — but haven't yet become afraid. FYI, you've probably already been there without realizing it.