The Best We Can Do?
It’s strange what you remember, and don’t remember, in old age. I remember, for instance, the oddity of the snail darter – a tiny, seemingly insignificant fish that stopped for ...
All About Heaven?
Fox News interviewed former president Donald Trump in early June and among the questions was one on the meaning of religion. I’ll provide his answer, but first, a caveat. This ...
The Problem with Randomness
I was working on my bike a couple of weeks ago and in lifting it onto a rack where I could move the chain freely, I put my right arm ...
My Friend Peter
If you’re a Christian, or seeking God in the Christian tradition, do you ever feel like you don’t quite measure up? I do, and I mentioned this in a roundtable ...
Does Education Jeopardize Faith?
I recently read an online article from the publication, desiringgod.com, based on research by the Pew Research Center that reports that “roughly 70 percent of high school students who enter ...
Can You “Believe” in Both Faith and Science?
During my time as a priest among the indigenous people of a remote area of Bolivia, I often thought that one of my jobs was trying to undo the spiritual ...