Loneliness is bad for your (Spiritual) Health
I’m hooked on a Netflix series called “Alone.” It’s about a group of 10 experienced outdoors people who are taken to remote areas, each left alone with limited gear, no ...
Saints, Sinners and “the Woke”
Those of you of a certain age may remember Daniel Ellsberg, the American political activist, economist and military analyst who was at the center of a national political controversy in ...
No Santa, No God?
Kathleen Kalt, who is 68 and lives in Florida, was raised a Catholic. She says she lost her faith in the first grade when she discovered there is no Santa ...
It’s Not About Scoring Points
It’s no secret that we live in a divided, contentious and litigious society, and that the divisions touch pretty much all aspects of life. What may be less known is ...
What Makes Life Valuable?
I had an acquaintance who suffered from a particularly virulent form of cancer. He was only in his 50s, but the pain and indignity caused by his illness was too ...
The Problem with Religious Language
After I had been a writer at the Des Moines Register for several years, the editor came to my desk one day to ask me to become the medical/health-care reporter. ...