How “Church” Can Be Joyful and Relevant
My wife, Amparo, and I have been staying in the little town of Barichara, Colombia, for the past three weeks. It bills itself as “the most beautiful town in Colombia,” ...
How Can You Really Love God?
As a child, I attended a parochial school, taught by nuns. We had daily religious education classes and I recall several discussions about what should motivate you to keep God’s ...
The Awesomeness of God (Yawn)
Our daughter, Maureen, who lives in Colorado and is a great admirer of the Rocky Mountains, recently reminded me of the trips from Iowa to Colorado our family took when ...
Children of Another God?
I was recently on a week-long eco-tourist expedition to the Amazonia region of Colombia, on the border with Venezuela. I saw and did lots of interesting things and among them ...
Searching for a Sense of Purpose
Tiffany Haddish was “the breakout star of last summer’s raucous hit movie, Girl’s Trip, and last month became the first African-American woman stand-up comedian to host Saturday Night Live,” according ...
Faith: What to Keep, What to Discard
This blog is published every Thursday. But for the first time in five years, I won’t be publishing Skeptical Faith next Thursday, Jan. 11. I’ll be on a week-long expedition ...