No cow has ever pulled its head up from the grass and asked, “What’s the point of it all?” They don’t need an answer. But we do. In fact, when we lack a sense of direction to our lives, we begin to fall apart. We become depressed, unmotivated, joyless. We need a sense of purpose.…
People sometimes speak of the “problem of evil” as if it’s a logical puzzle to be solved: what’s the correct explanation for how a world with a good and loving God can have this much pain and cruelty? But for many of us it’s far more personal than this. We see dear friends shattered as…
Let’s begin by acknowledging a basic truth. It is simply impossible for everyone to be right. In matters of religious belief, someone has to be wrong. A pastor in Manhattan participated in a panel on religion that included a Muslim imam and a Jewish rabbi. Their interaction was courteous and respectful, and each of them…