Joy in Flashes of Insight
The next time you swat a fly, you may want to reflect on the fact that you’re cutting shorter an already short lifespan an average of just four weeks. But ...
A Voice Crying Out in the Wilderness?
Hurricanes devastate Texas, Georgia and Florida. An earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale causes 90 deaths and widespread damage and homelessness in Mexico. North Korea continues to launch dangerous ...
Intimacy with God?
Along with Jefferson and Franklin, Thomas Paine was one of the brains behind the American Revolution. Born in England, he arrived in America just in time to join the fight ...
The God who is “Distant and Never Quite Satisfied”
On a recent show, TV host Stephen Colbert interviewed comedian Jim Gaffigan. They were talking about parenting and their faith, something that is seldom done on national network television, and ...
Giving the Poor a Bad Name, Again
It was a summer afternoon, windows and doors were open, and our middle-class neighborhood in St. Joseph, Mo. was filled with sounds and smells. Trucks with screeching brakes delivered ice ...
The Disconnect Between Religion and “Real Life”
There’s a certain American archbishop and cardinal, who until his dismissal by Pope Francis in 2014, had an important post in the Vatican. On several occasions, he was photographed in ...