Do certain words ever get stuck in your head, and you just have to pursue them until you grasp the full meaning and get some peace? Recently, the word, mercy, has me spinning in circles. I’m not sure ...

I’m a long-time listener in conservative faith communities. I’ve been listening to concerned parents and family members, youth who have come out as transgender, non-binary, or questioning, and youth ...

Recently I read an article about Adam Phillips, the wonderful British child psychoanalyst. In it he was quoted as saying, “There’s nothing to you until someone sees something in you.” At first I ...

October 20 was the first Diwali I have experienced without my dadi. And it was one of many signs that made me question the ...

When children are baptized, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest gift ever: the gift of faith, Pope Francis said before baptizing 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel. "Let us ask the ...

October, my wife and I strolled around the rim of our Paradise Creek retirement community. It was a lovely fall day, with many leaves having turned shades of yellow, orange and red. We met a host of ...