Spirit

Five-year-olds ask theological questions in a fine art museum.

After losing a job, learning to walk backward down a 150-foot-cliff.

I am astonished at how quickly I was jerked from my usual, grounded self into floundering and fearfulness.

A new religious humanism is emerging that offers depth, meaning, and purpose without sacrificing intellectual honesty or the spiritual dimension.

Why didn’t you warn me about Christmas pageants?

Stories are for everyone.

And the amazing, soulful, transforming stories she tells.

Some writers use words as weapons. Let’s use them to connect and heal instead.

If I owned a fortune cookie company, here’s what I’d put in the cookies.

A mother reaches across the generations.

Original Sin isn’t a good idea. Expecting perfection isn’t, either.