For years, I prided myself on being an atheist and had no interest in god or religion. Back then, the word "spirituality" wasn't part of our everyday vernacular. But all that changed during the 1970s when spirituality became a buzz word.
Women deeply desire to live and be better, but we are constantly at war with ourselves. Fear and failure have crept into positions of authority over our lives. We like things neat and tidy, but sometimes, life is just messy and downright dirty.
Each and every suicide in the world diminishes you and me. No matter if you don't know the person, their family, or even if they live on the other side of the world from you
Each time I land in America it's as if a gate to the new world opens. God and angels have told me that America is the gateway to humanity's future. It is where the choices that will determine mankind's future will be made.
Men aren't the only ones who cheat. Many married women cheat, and any woman sleeping with a married man is equally culpable. So again, why the beating of the drum about men-as-scumbags?
I've been thinking about one of the comments made in response to my latest Huffington Post blog, "A Mother's Love Versus Her Sons' Religious Demands" ...
This week, a group of more than 130 former legislators, both Republicans and Democrats, released a letter urging for civility and encouraging candidates, once elected, to focus on cooperation to face our country's greatest challenges.
Just like sprucing up your wardrobe, you can spruce up your thoughts. Compare the look you are choosing for your clothes to the outlook you are choosing for your day-to-day life.
The more of the world one experiences the more it is made abundantly clear that no matter where one travels, the human experience is one of remarkable uniformity.
Meaningful, connected. That's how I like my trips to be. And it doesn't hurt to have luxury service, a large cabin, and one of the major waterways of Europe within arm's reach.
It's not Gilbert's fault, but I have an instinctive reaction to books about white people discovering themselves in brown places. I want to gag, shoot and leave.
My experience in Bali could not have been more different from Liz Gilbert's. We both arrived alone and found the place enchanting. But she left with love. And I left scratching.
"My patients used to ask me to pray for them," an elderly doctor told me a few years ago. "Yeah, sure. Now," he sighed, "I realize how important religion is."
If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we, the people of faith, will. It's time to stop playing politics with people's lives.
Former President George W. Bush turned to his faith amid the tough times during his eight years in office, he said Saturday at a religious school's ba...
The vitriol against Obama's peace prize and "those Norwegians" who gave it to him is much deeper than the president's lack of achievements thus far; it is based on a fundamental clash of worldviews.
Beck's predictions that health care reform would lead to government bureaucrats euthanizing people like his daughter are dead wrong, but we at Sojournors agree with Glenn on this point: God is the giver of life.