The curmudgeonly journalist H.L. Mencken pronounced Puritanism as the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. In popular culture, the Puritans are generally considered
For my three-year-old daughter, Hazel, there is no place like a bathroom for theological conversation. Feet dangling off the edge of the toilet, she ponders
“You can’t get there from within the system.” – Peter Enns Last weekend, my spouse and I attended the Evolving Faith Conference in Denver. We
Religious visions were everywhere in the years preceding the Civil War. Boom towns out west here may have been hell holes for a time, but
There are trees in the Olympic Peninsula whose roots are suspended in the air — like the tree is standing on its tippy-toes. Some of
Tomorrow, October 10, is World Mental Health Day. The initiative, sponsored by the World Health Organization, encourages folks to take “40 seconds of action” to
“We worshipped Jesus instead of following him on his same path. We made Jesus into a mere religion instead of a journey toward union with
Makoto Fujimura operates on a different plane than I do. His art is exhibited worldwide, best-selling author David Brooks refers to him as “my friend”
I complain about my children most days. They are fabulous little human beings, but there are just so many of them. I have a five-year-old,
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