Don’t argue or challenge contradictions. Your intent is to hear and understand exactly how your sister is using those words.

There are many reasons to suggest that human rights have a spiritual flavor. Grounded in the understanding that individuals and communities have spiritual interests, the idea of human rights has been ...

WHAT, then, is wrong with the world? The question has been heard many times these latter months, and I have myself been asked to account for the conditions I described in a recent article in the ...

“Haunt” carries dark, unsettling overtones, suggesting disturbance and confusion, and most certainly it’s the work of a ...

Religious belief is one of the oldest and most complex aspects of human culture, shaping civilizations, laws, and personal identities. But for those who stand outside the realm of faith, certain ...

There is also a discussion in the Talmud (Pesachim 68b) between R’ Eliezer and R’ Yehoshua whether there is an obligation to eat and drink on yom tov. R’ Eliezer maintained that there was no specific ...

Guest columnist Chuck Behrens is spiritual care coordinator for Hospice of the Western Reserve. When people hear the word “chaplain,” many think of formal prayer or religious rituals. Some assume ...

In Dr. Fady Joudah’s poem “House of Mercury,” a severe summer storm has blown over Houston. The storm’s destructive winds woke up the narrator’s father, who hears the “snaps and creaks” of the two ...