This week The Week had an interesting article–an introduction of the term used for the religiously unaffiliated in this country–the “Nones.” Trinity College has come out with a study that claims that 34 million Americans (about 15% of the population) claim no religious affiliation. “Why are their numbers rising? For lots of different reasons. Some […]
Finding Purpose in Pain
I feel a little inept at commenting on poet Cairns’ book (The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Pain by Scott Cairns), simply because I’ve already dealt with the universal problem of suffering in Eve (for myself). That statement sounds more grandiose than I intended. “Dealt with suffering” is never as final as a door […]
Jesus, Interrupted
Silly me. Not only did I forget to charge up my Kindle 2 before our CA trip (so it was dead on the flight out), but I also forgot my jump drive with my blog loaded on it, so five days from now, you’re going to discover five days of information suddenly uploaded to the […]