It turns out that one of the most basic things we all learned as children -- treat others how you would like to be treated, the Golden Rule -- is the most powerful idea in the world.
Jeff Witzeman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
Many know Bill Wilson as the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, but few realize his brilliance as it relates to healing the human condition, alcoholic or not.
Alan Lurie | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
Let's be honest; we like extreme views: Such strong, black and white positions are more exciting and accessible, especially relating to such complex issues as religion and faith.
Washington Post | Tim Craig and Michelle Boorstein | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the c...
Anne Naylor | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
Can we create the conditions in which we lead grace-full lives? Is it even possible to expect to live gracefully, with the world in so much chaos? My view is that there has never been a better time.
AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
ROME — The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public sch...
Jim Wallis | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.
Christopher Hitchens | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
Are our morals dictated to us by a supreme entity, or do discoveries made by science and reason make Atheism a natural conclusion? You decide.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
One of the main concerns people of faith will be lifting up this year is the need for health care legislation that assures real reform of our broken and inadequate child health system.
Jason Salzman | Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver
I wonder about whether the team favors religious players every time I see another Rocky show his faith by crossing himself or pointing upward after a base hit.
AP | MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books
DETROIT — Mitch Albom is many things. He's an award-winning newspaper columnist, a popular radio show host, an author of best-selling novels an...
New York Times | PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living
At Mercy Medical Center in Merced, where roughly four patients a day are Hmong from northern Laos, healing includes more than IV drips, syringes and b...
Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment
The Coens have created moral universes in which some of life's essential questions are asked -- if not always answered. It seems there's no question the brothers are afraid to tackle.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment
For Mack, and for us as readers, what transpires in the shack requires creative imagination not unlike that in any number of fantastic tales. But in this case the subject is far closer to home: the healing of a broken heart.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Political discussions in America are fast becoming solely theological in nature.. Each side has their beliefs. Each has their tenets which they fervently defend. Much of this is done on faith.
Jim Selman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
We need to commit ourselves to a vision bigger than is reasonable and go into action to clean up our messes and create the world we want -- a world that works for everyone.
M. Zuhdi Jasser | Posted 09.27.2009 | World
The spirit of Ramadan is a true example of how Islam can flourish under the separation of mosque and state.
Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
This is not news nor a headline. This is reality. And for the past 10 years (ages 14 to 24), I have faced the loss of young children and young adults after their own battles with cancer. Many of these individuals were very close to me.
New York Times | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Obama sought Wednesday to reframe the health care debate as “a core ethical and moral obligation,” imploring a coalition ...
Sharon Salzberg | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living
I've done a little bit of work with soldiers returning from Iraq and have worked with domestic violence shelter workers on issues of vicarious trauma. I've also found in teaching the diverse groups who come for meditation guidance that, as someone once said to me, "There is always trauma in the room."
Anne Naylor | Posted 09.15.2009 | Living
"Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you." Oscar Wilde Educati...
A Compulsive Overeater | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living
My last boyfriend hated when I said the word "spiritual." Suffice to say, the relationship didn't last. I used to be like him, I condemned things prio...
Tom Matlack | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living
"What religion are you?" my 13 year-old son Seamus asked me last night. His mother and I have been divorced since he was six months old. He's grown up a strict Catholic. I was born a Quaker.
Alan Lurie | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
We are all products of our experiences, inclinations, culture, sex, and choices. Our faith orientation shows up when we respond to the people, events, and objects in our lives.
Suzette Standring | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment
The power of prayer amazes famed boxer Micky Ward. Actor Mark Wahlberg portrays him in The Fighter, a Paramount movie being filmed in Lowell.
Katherine Gustafson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact