God Comes with a Hair Dryer by Anandi Kar is an anthology of poems brimming with nostalgia, resilience, and a yearning for ...

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What keeps you from loving others the way you, yourself, crave to be loved? And conversely, what’s lacking in your life (or more accurately, in your heart) that keeps you ...

Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and ...

I was in Costco with my wife and looking around I said, “There sure are a lot of flowers today.” In about two seconds it hit me. Valentine’s ...

When I shared my thoughts on substituting God with you, dear reader, I’d have never dreamed so many of you would write me, telling me they included me in their prayers. You probably won’t be happy to ...

Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.

The spirit of Valentine’s Day, like February itself, is best kept short and sweet. On the occasion of a notoriously ...

But there is a great consolation in being loved distinctly. And this love extends to the world around us: You may know the ...

The provocation we receive from today’s reading is not an indictment but an invitation. We are forgetful simply because we are human. I believe this image of God’s grieved heart offers us a chance to ...

Since last week’s newsletter offered a favorite argument for the existence of God, it’s only fair to balance the scales by ...

In 1997, for example, Vivian Gornick wrote that love was no longer the primary narrative conflict of contemporary literature.