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A friend told me that his son, who works with the United Nations in the Middle East, is frequently asked, “Where do you pray,” meaning …
Some things can be told only as a story. Someone offers a story and we listen. But we know it is pointless to ask questions …
The study window looks out on our front garden. Our kitchen window looks out on our back garden. Each one gives us a view of …
In flippant phrases such as “there’s no free lunch,” we acknowledge a deep truth about life: everything has a cost. We could add that the …
It is fascinating to see how many of the therapies of our time have much in common, though their language seems to differ. For instance, …
For one enchanted evening a very long time ago, I was one of the Magi — a wise man. My black moustache and beard were …
I recall reading somewhere that something we take totally for granted about the human mind is in fact one of its most remarkable accomplishments. It …
William Blake once wrote that it would be wonderful “to hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” Many years …
The excavation site is huge. Someday, a towering structure will emerge to — we fervently hope — grace the city. At the moment, this area …
When I was a small boy, I was a member of a Bible study group led by Mr. Turner, someone who was wise enough to …
It is early September 1933 and it has been decreed that I, on the cusp of five years old, should go to school. The great …
The antique shop was large. I found myself in it only because my family was in a nearby store, and, since I’m not much of …
Sometimes when I wonder at the scriptures of the resurrection, asking the questions and experiencing the doubts that people have voiced since the extraordinary events …
Those who wrote the four gospels did so because they were convinced that the three fleeting years of the public ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, …
You may remember this as the title song in a long-ago movie of the same name. The stars, as we used to say, were William …
