As Scottish author J.M. Barrie wrote, “Life is a long lesson in humility.” At first glance, the topics of medicine and humility would seem an unlikely pairing. After all, training for certainty in the ...

Leaders who value humility are the ones other people want to follow. This was a lesson I observed while listening to Denes Kemény, president and head coach of the Hungarian national water polo team, ...

Have you ever gone to a specific church to hear a particular pastor only to find out that said pastor will not be in the pulpit? It’s happened to me and I’ve come to appreciate it’s not the messenger.

The classical devotional text of the 14th century by Thomas a Kempis advises readers to be clear that there is much they don’t know and to admit their ignorance. He writes that “our opinions, our ...

Asserting that sages, both ancient and modern, share the quality of humility, Gregory says this virtue is the key to ultimate liberation. The teacher, speaker, and documentary filmmaker draws from ...

I came of age during the 1980s at the onset of the AIDS epidemic. Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, our news, talk shows, and conversations were steeped in fear, othering, and shame about folks ...

One of the traits I respect most in people is humility. “The tree that has the most fruits is the tree that bends to the ground,” my father taught me as I was growing up. And though there are some ...

We have been studying 1 Peter at my church on Sunday mornings. This week's text is 1 Peter 5:6 which reads, "Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he ...