A few months ago, I welcomed James into the world. My grandson joined our cosmic journey on January 25. Several weeks ago, my son and his wife presented baby James to family and friends for a spiritual baptism. Below is the prayer I offered as part of the welcome celebration.
Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.10.2012
Odds are, the word that pops into your mind when I mention Phil Collins is probably something like "Sussudio." It's highly unlikely that the first word you'd think of would be "Alamo," but that's about to change.
Kristin M. Swenson, Ph.D. | Posted 04.11.2012
To be "at the mercy of" is a strange expression when applied to the animals who live with us. Yet that's what came to mind yesterday, when my dog of over a decade died. "
Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.04.2012
"There's a great music scene in Austin, but if you really want to be seen by the right people and have the right opportunities, you need to be based in Los Angeles. Then again, because of the Internet, anything is possible from anywhere."
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 03.21.2012
When the fact of climate change becomes as evident to doubters as the orbit of the earth, perhaps we will learn from this colossal mistake of elevating opinion to the status of fact. If we are lucky enough, we will have another chance.
Aaron Freeman | Posted 03.07.2012
Jacob is 147 years old. His family has been reunited in Egypt and now he is about to die. His son, Joseph, presents his own sons to their grandfather for his blessing...
David Carr | Posted 11.19.2011
The distinction that he proposed between Gen 1:1-2:3 and 2:4-3:24 anticipated a broader scholarly distinction between priestly and non-priestly sources behind the Pentateuch.
Michael Ruse | Posted 11.03.2011
Do people find in Genesis independent evidence against evolution and against global warming, or is it a matter of finding evidence for the one that strongly suggests the truth of the other?
The New Yorker | Posted 10.04.2011
UPDATE: Pretty pleased with what I’ve come up with in just six days. Going to take tomorrow off. Feel free to check out what I’ve done so far. Sug...
Matthew L. Skinner | Posted 09.07.2011
Our society's current unemployment epidemic is, in part, a spiritual crisis. Communities of faith must address it with diligence. The scars resulting from it will, for many, go far beyond prolonged frustration and lost economic vitality.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.09.2011
Chick Corea's new album, Forever, is a two-disc set, with the first disc being acoustic, and the second disc with a full band and guests. For the first disc, I asked him if it was a return to Return To Forever.
Ellen Kanner | Posted 07.29.2011
If you want to find justification in the Bible for any sort of behavior, it's in there. It's just a matter of interpretation, from when the earth wil...
Ari Hart | Posted 05.25.2011
For we who believe in an active God who cares about what happens in this world, how do we make sense of wide-scale catastrophe? We hold God accountable.
William C. Chittick, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
The Quran explains in many ways that people do not live up to their beauty. As in Genesis, the story begins with Adam, but there are important twists in the Quranic version.
AP | By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD | Posted 05.25.2011
LONDON -- British singer and drummer Phil Collins has used his personal website to announce his retirement in a bid to clarify recent speculation over...
people.com | Posted 05.25.2011
His back hurts from a dislocated vertebra. He's lost some of his hearing. Nerve damage makes it hard for him to hold his drumsticks. ...
Posted 05.25.2011
Apparently, this actually happened. Tuesday was Phil Collins Day, didn't you know? Well 250 parade marchers in Greenpoint, Brooklyn sure took t...
Michael Ruse | Posted 05.25.2011
What if Adam and Eve never existed? What happens to the whole doctrine of original sin?
David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011
No, you didn't actually ask, but let me tell you anyway, okay? Personally, I'm officially tired of the outdated double standard that is our military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
Sena Jeter Naslund | Posted 05.25.2011
In my Eden, original sin is not curiosity or disobedience but violence. The story of Cain and Abel belongs inside the garden narrative and is the true cause of our fall.
Joshua Stanton | Posted 05.25.2011
Abraham's feeling of need to show faith in this way was fundamentally misguided. God had already established a covenant with him in Genesis 17; his decision to sacrifice Isaac went well beyond the scope of their pact.
Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 05.25.2011
If you had one last thing to say, What would it be? One more way to stand before your liberty. Would it be, could it be, Would it be love? Would it b...
Paul Hunting | Posted 05.25.2011
If we have the wit to let go the old beliefs about the Bible and seek behind the shadows to the source of light itself, it becomes apparent that science and scripture are not mutually exclusive but entirely complementary.
Kristin M. Swenson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Part of the story of God's creating the universe in seven days involves creating a cosmos that God made to be good. Human beings must maintain an order that allows each thing to be and do all of what it is and does, animals included.
John R. Coats | Posted 05.25.2011
What if the authors of this fable intended the mob's behavior to be understood as symptomatic of something far more ominous -- that is, a breach in the social contract that could threaten the fabric of desert culture?
Ed Shurna | Posted 05.25.2012