JUNE 18, New York - This week the head of the U.S. Catholic Church's National Review Board, former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, resigned suddenly from his post. The National Review Board is charged ...

For years I've recited the same prayer, every morning as I drive to work and every evening before I go to bed: Lord, help me feel your presence and be nicer to people. But my ...

I know that my mother suffered terribly from postpartum depression after giving birth to my brother Franz and me, yet she and my father weren't finished. One day, Franz and I were being good and ...

Before I came to live in Arica, Chile, spending a week in silence sounded ridiculous. I love constant motion; I enjoy bumping into people and I gather strength from personal interaction. ...

I went to Saved , a new comedy about teenagers in a Christian high school expecting to get a few laughs at the expense of bible-based yokels. ...

 Several years ago, after I made a pretty self-righteous remark at a church meeting, I was reproached as having "no right to be so flip for someone so young" (I was 24 at the time, ...

As my second week in prison comes to a close, it becomes increasingly clear that the prison system serves little purpose than that of a multi-billion dollar industry. The economics of incarcerationEach federal prison receives $20,000 ...

With my tongue outstretched and her hand on my pulse, the acupuncturist fired questions and conclusions at me: "You worry too much. You think too much. Are you angry?" I groaned ...

While my elementary school teachers told me to believe in myself, my parents warned me it was not good to be full of myself. Love thyself and trust thyself, yes, but not too much. Be confident, ...

In the tomb there is darkness. A distressing absence. God is dead. We feel alone and abandoned. Desolate. The mystics trust–welcome—this emptiness. "See that nothing remains in your conscious mind save a naked intent stretching toward ...