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. ...
Wanting “the Best”
Rachel Connolly recently wrote a column in the New York Times called “The Tyranny of the Best.” “There is a kind of person who finds the idea of seeking out ...
Why Bad Things Happen
My brother-in-law, Jose Mario Botero, recently took a terrible fall down a spiraling, steel staircase in his home in Medellín, Colombia. It resulted in a massive head injury, and he ...