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No God? Or All God?
“The familiar stark divide between people of religion and without religion is too crude. Many millions of people who count themselves atheists have convictions and experiences very like and just as...
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Running. In Confessional.
I’m off. 35F. Feeling good. It’s the day after Good Friday. The title of LaDona’s post banging around in my head like a 50 Cent Rap song – - the tricked up Chevy heaving up and down to the beat: This...
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There is no mind on the other side of the wall
It was one of the most emailed and shared NY Times articles this month. It has set off a frenzy of opposing responses from religious groups and from folks who believe in life on other planets – –...
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Let’s hope so.
Doubt As a Sign of Faith by Julia Baird in NY Times: When the Most Rev. Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, said recently that at times he questioned if God was really there, much of the...
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I need a belief system
Heather Havrilesky, Like a Prayer: I don’t believe in God, but I need some kind of a prayer to repeat when things go haywire. I need a prayer because, as a writer with several unruly dependents under...
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I am always wondering if there’s something holy between people, a formless...
I keep wondering what, in me, might be constant. I catch myself looking for that remainder, retracing my steps as if in search of lost keys. I am always wondering if there’s something holy between...
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Sunday Morning: Perhaps, that is enough.
While not a believer himself, Mr. Ruse harbors a great deal of sympathy for those who find ultimate meaning in the universe and their lives through worship. Taking his cue from his own Quaker...
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Sunday Morning
Belief is tricky. One day I do. One day I don’t. Believe. But there are things I believe that have never wavered. My belief in God is not one of those. Not long ago, I made a list, my attempt to...
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Walking. With Airborne Droplets.
2:30 am. I flick open Sleep app. 4 h 25 m. Hmmmm. Dale-like. How does she do it? Lori’s magnesium? Something. Something. Morning papers. COVID-19. Masks. No masks. Airborne Droplets. Transmission....
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Sunday Morning
I didn’t know if there was anything like a God. I didn’t care. But it was mostly clear to me we were not just castaways in some tohubohu bearing an ensign of meaning only for those desperate enough to...
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Sunday Morning
Your dad, Lia asked, was he good? He swallowed. Her eyes fixed on his Adam’s apple. It slid up his throat and back down as if propelling his answer out; Not really. Not for most of his life. I think...
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It’s a sense that there is a sacredness to life
It’s the Christmas season, and that means I’m looking forward to going to church. On its own, that might not sound too surprising: Half of Americans plan to do the same this holiday season. But in my...
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