Ask Pastor Paul Paul: Spiritual Advice for the Real World.

Have a spiritual question, ethical dilemma or religious curiosity? Don't be shy! People of all backgrounds, ages and creeds are encouraged to submit questions to askpastorpaul@huffingtonpost.com.

Dear Pastor Paul,

Ask Pastor Paul Paul: Spiritual Advice for the Real World.

Have a spiritual question, ethical dilemma or religious curiosity? Don't be shy! People of all backgrounds, ages and creeds are encouraged to submit questions to askpastorpaul@huffingtonpost.com.

Dear Pastor Paul,

Whatever our religious or spiritual background, we are all seeking to live this life with as much grace, purpose and integrity as we can muster. The real world often confronts us with religious, spiritual and ethical questions that we feel ill-equipped to answer. But don't worry, help has arrived! Ask...

Jimmy Carter is the 39th president of the United States, founder of the Carter Center and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He has authored many books, the most recent being "Through the Year with Jimmy Carter: 366 Daily Meditations from the 39th President." In this...

Click To See A Slideshow Of The Simple Way Community And The School For Conversion

"I often say I was drafted by injustice," explains Shane Claiborne, one of the founders of The Simple Way, a Christian community located in North Philadelphia. Tall, thin, with...

What happens to an atheist when he dies?

No one can answer that question with certainty, as any response requires the kind of faith emphatically rejected by Christopher Hitchens, who has died at the age of 62. However, we can and should reflect on how this extraordinary author, intellectual and...

In the final days of 2011 we pause to reflect on the year that has past -- the good, the bad and the ugly. Here are the HuffPost Religion Top Stories of 2011.

The Muslim Spring
It started with a simple vegetable seller in Tunisia who, humiliated by...

Laura Dern is one of the most respected and versatile film actresses in America. Her roles have included portrayals of "the every woman" to "the woman on the very edge." In her new character, Dern portrays an every woman named Amy who, very publicly, swerves all the way off the...

As we learn about the man who shot bullets into the living quarters of the White House, an unnerving fact has emerged: The shooter believed that he was on a personal mission from God and that President Obama is the anti-Christ.

The attack on the White House...

Michigan's recent anti-bullying bill debate has moved one step forward and two steps back for actual protection against bullying in the state's schools. The anti-bullying bill, is named "Matt's Safe School Law" for Matt Epling of East Lansing, Michigan who committed suicide after being bullied. Like all anti-bullying...

Few religious leaders have such a universal appeal and global authority as Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Rabbi Sacks has been Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth since September 1991, was knighted by the Queen in 2005 and made a Life Peer, taking his seat in the...

What does Occupy Wall Street want? This has been the continual question from the media, and the critique from skeptics. The question "what do they want?" has been used to dismiss the nascent Occupy Wall Street movement as ineffectual, aimless, or worse, a self indulgent spectacle.

Still, the question...

What does Occupy Wall Street want? This has been the continual question from the media, and the critique from skeptics? The question 'what do they want?' has been used to dismiss the nascent Occupy Wall Street movement as ineffectual, aimless, or worse, a self indulgent spectacle.

Still, the question...

As the bombs fell in Baghdad at the very beginning of the Iraq war, an Iraqi doctor held a young girl whose body was bloody from missile fragments. He turned to an American Christian peacekeeper named Shane Claiborne and asked: "This violence is for a world...

It has been a busy week on HuffPost Religion. Many of us prayed, watched with horor and mourned the execution of Troy Davis, wondering how the death penalty could be construed as pro-life. A new HuffPost Religion blogger, Rev. J.C. Austin, challenged and reminded us that another man,...

It has been a busy week on HuffPost Religion. Last Sunday we remembered the horror of 9/11, considered how far we have or have not come, and sought healing and hope. Our 9/11 prayer is that religion will continue to become more...

Two religious responses from the days immediately following the attacks of 9/11 demonstrate how religion has been both a divisive and unifying force in America over the last ten years.

The first was from Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell who assigned blame for the attacks to God who, they explained,...

Many would say that the Washington Mall's recognition of the most important religious and civic figure of the 20th century is long overdue, and they would be right. But what is clear is that America needs this monument to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- right now.

The...

There once was a man who was caught in a horrible flood who climbed onto the roof of his house. Being a person of deep faith he prayed to God to save him and was absolutely certain that his prayer would be answered. While he was waiting, a neighbor floated...

It has been a busy week at HuffPost Religion. Two items hot off the presses from Jaweed Kaleem, our wonderful religion reporter.

First, church attendance among less educated white Americans is declining. This news is upsetting when coupled with the renewed fears of the double dip recession....