Years ago, a young girl spilled her milk while eating dinner with us. She watched as I cleaned it up and poured her another glass. With a nervous quiver she asked, “Do you want to holler at me because ...

All of the words matter. The words we read, the words that form our conversations with others, the words we listen to, the words that flow as private inner monologues, the words we type out into the ...

He had been waiting for hours, and it was finally his turn in line. He could barely wait. He had so many questions for this wise sage, so many thoughts on his mind. As he sat down, he could actually ...

I'm a rabbi and I like Billy Graham. I don't agree with him about Jesus, but I like him anyway. He is coming to New York on June 24 for his last crusade (OK, I don't like that choice of words either), ...

In Learning to Speak God from Scratch (Convergent, Sept.), Merritt considers how the meanings of religious words have changed over time. How did the idea for this book develop? The book was born when ...

In a world increasingly suspicious of institutional forms of spiritual expression, often called religion, it’s easy to throw up one’s hands and say, “Why bother?” That exasperation is understandable.

Elder Patrick Kearon of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles provides counsel to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the morning session of general conference at the ...

Q: I’m a therapist with a strong spiritual orientation (Roman Catholic my entire life). I would love for spiritual conversations to be more a part of my therapy practice, for my clients’ sake (I ...

In order to understand why we have such a strong desire to waste time and words, we must study the historical origin of this desire. Until a few thousand years ago, human beings had a nearly ...

Elder Patrick Kearon of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles provides counsel to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the morning session of general conference at the ...