Traditions get a bad rep these days. I'm not talking about the Christmas traditions of hanging stocking at the fireplace.

In the age of smartphones and AI, rocket science and engineered genomes, there is little room for the knowledge passed down from generation to generation. What was once called wisdom, passes for myth and old wives's tales.

Knowledge and facts are researched by professors and professionals with truth being the outcome of their investigation. If knowledge doesn't come from an accredited source, it's often viewed with suspicion or uncertainty. I'm not saying this is bad thing, in many significant ways we owe our riches, comfortable lifestyle and increased lifespan to the wonders of science and research.

Traditions have always been part of how humans live life. They are as much about the future as they are about the past. Traditions are a way of life. They inform and shape how social, economical and public life takes places inspired from a sense of success in the past enshired in

Traditions Fail

The New Traditions

People have long had traditions - they are much part of the fabric of the culture as they are part of our story.

Traditions in the post-Christian world

After everything that is sacred is replaced by the secular, what sort of traditions with the secular people create?