Free will is religion's version of having your cake and eating it too. You can have a god who already preordained everything, you can pray for a different outcome anyway, and you have free will to change your destiny.
The greater reality is that everything is a blessing. Even the most challenging situations, the most difficult and the most painful, are all blessings.
A holiday time seems to capture memories in a more powerful way than any other time of the year, and gives more significance to holidays as time goes on than they would otherwise have.
After studying the Obama budget carefully, many of us who have been fighting poverty for years believe this is a moral document, with more commitments to struggling families than any budget in our lifetimes.
There is much written about how our good intentions help others. But can your good intentions really reach someone who is not physically present?
Wouldn't benevolent God be more likely to be like your mother or grandmother, than like most of our fathers? It's not that I am an avowed atheist, no...
Yesterday, The New York Times ran a story about five pastors who have served the president in a variety of roles, from prayer support at the death of ...
This blog post has been also featured as a Beliefnet gallery. To get there click here. Lent, the 40 days preceding the death, burial, and resurrectio...
In spite of the inconvenience of the winter rain, it is always a celebrated occurrence. And it is an increasingly sporadic occurrence, as Israel faces the most serious drought in its history.
If Limbaugh could step out of his 25,000 square foot home and see the pain of parents telling their children that they just lost their home, maybe then he would want Obama to succeed.
There is a Jewish prayer that captures the sense of relief, gratitude, and joy that so many of us feel as Barack Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States. It is called the Shehechiyanu.
The day after the inauguration, I will be joining religious leaders at the National Prayer Service for our new president. I will pray that this new era can change the image of religion in our country.
So, Rick Warren is going to use the name of Jesus in his prayer, and his prayer may not reflect the views of all Americans. So what? Obama's speech p...
In a heated debate about the twisted pretzel of the Obama-Warren-Robinson controversy, my roommate, Cindy Abel, said: "Eugene Robinson is a crumb from the master's table."
In this day, when the trepidation and rage and mourning that is called war, seizes our hearts and patches them in scars, we call to you, the Lord whose name is Peace.
Dear G-d/Allah, It's me Yvonne, are you there? As you know since December 27th, 2008, Hamas and Israel have been at war. Over 800 Palestinians and...
Obama would move on -- he'd refuse to be distracted. He'd brush the dirt off his shoulder and immediately return his focus to winning.
My Lord, give me the capability to tolerate an opposing point of view. Help me so that I may be aware of the differences between humanity, thoughts, a...
Originally appeared on RHRealityCheck.org - Information, commentary and community for reproductive health and rights. I pray. Everyday. Sometimes se...
Where does outrage stop and genuine spiritual practice begin? I'm asking, really.You know and I know that prayer changes things in a big way.
Specific practices that have traditionally been associated with spiritual contexts may also be very useful from a mainstream, secular, health point of view. Scientists are researching meditation.
Al Gore reminded us today of how far we've come. He recalled...
