Want Peace? Trust

As I was thinking about how to write about trust, I looked out my office window and saw a robin lighting on the topmost branch of a birch tree in ...

Why Truth Matters

I recently received a letter that appeared to be “official.” It had the clear plastic windows on the envelope you would expect from an official source, a return address saying ...

Where to Look for God

“If people say they just love the smell of books, I always want to pull them aside and ask, to be clear, do you know how reading works?” I found ...

Settling for Pacifiers

I recently met my beautiful, new great, great niece (Yes, I’m that old.). It was close to feeding time during a recent visit and her mother – like most mothers ...

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

The newspaper I read allows readers to submit anonymous comments without having to take ownership of what they write. They write about everything from politics to trends to crime news. “I ...

Can You Believe in Miracles?

A news article a while back noted that “in an effort to ensure transparency as well as historical and scientific accuracy,” Pope Francis approved revised norms on healings alleged to ...