Turns out the best words for passwords aren't necessarily words at all, but are aberrations of words mixed with various symbols and numbers -- anything that can't be guessed easily. And this principle ...

Is English biased against women? Source: Andrea Piacquadio / Pexels It’s not unusual for the meanings of words to shift over time. Linguists refer to this as semantic change, and there are many ...

There is a virtue to humbleness, and in our self-inflating culture, it is rare to find a genre-defining artist that is both aware of their talents, and self-effacing - someone more than willing to ...

“WRITE with nouns and verbs, not adjectives and adverbs” is a traditional bit of style advice. The aim is to get young writers picking a few words that tell, rather than bulking out their prose in the ...

As I return from a summer hiatus to write for The Good Word it occurs to me that one of the questions that we should consider this year is “what is the Bible?” Most of us think we know what we are ...

Looking for the best starting word to crack today's Wordle? For many of us, Wordle started as a cute social media novelty but eventually became a cozy daily habit. The popular word guessing game is ...

Welcome to “The Good Word,” America’s new blog on Scripture and preaching. Inspired by America’s popular column “The Word,” “The Good Word” is a group blog aimed at fostering discussion on the week’s ...

In the wake of nine eleven, surgical strikes, friendly fire and bringing the evil doers to justice, we can begin to use our social doppler radar to brainstorm and find some edgy frigging solutions to ...

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