The World Hidden Beneath This One
In her apparently successful search for God, Author Heather King experienced “that stab of joy that hints at a world hidden within this one.” But she didn’t come to that ...
The Fresco Painter
While he was painting frescoes in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, the artist James Thornhill became so excited about his fresco that he stepped back to see it better and ...
The Cost of Indifference
“Whatever,” I said in a recent telephone conversation with my daughter. “Yikes!” I thought afterward. “Did I really use that word?” Fact is, it’s hard to resist the use of ...
Where Is God in All This?
At this writing, there are 1.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide and 89,915 deaths, including 434,861 confirmed U.S. cases and 14,814 U.S. deaths. I won’t go into the economic ...
Satisfied with Your Life?
As a seminary student in my 20s, my friend, Gerald Waris, and I used part of the money we earned working in a brewery to take a summer’s-end trip to ...
Why Faith is Not Conformism
I’m a bit of a hoarder. Not in the usual sense, because I’m almost anal in keeping things neat and clean. No, I hoard books, articles and bits and pieces ...