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As a religion scholar, however, I believe one of the greatest loves in the Bible is a story of friendship: the intense ...

I have a small role in the Litchfield Community Theatre’s production of “Beauty and the Beast.” (Shameless plug: July 25-28.) Most of us are familiar with the story. A prince is transformed ...

Consider three big examples: the evidence for cosmic design in the fundamental laws and structure of the universe; the ...

My last newspaper article was about a Daddy’s love. It was the story of the lengths a loving father will go for his children. And of course I related that to the love of God for us. Today ...

Immediately after Jesus told his disciples to “love one another as I have loved you,” he said the greatest love is to lay ...

Such moments of priest-against-power dot the history of our society: Martin Luther King, Jr.; Abraham Joshua Heschel ... leaders will stay away from talking about what is good for society. To the ...

It’s all that preaching about Jesus Christ and God and “Working all things to the good” and similar mumbo-jumbo. And … Why must they talk about their spiritual beliefs so much?

“All this religion talk is tired. (TreVeyon) Henderson literally said beating Michigan wasn’t important because he’s winning with God,” another reddit posted ridiculed. “I’ll start ...