The ad was for one of those TV shows in which people marry at first sight or marry someone just released from prison. A distraught woman was wailing, “I didn’t…
Step 1: Think Right
Go Soaking? Just Joking.
“Soaking prayer,” which became trendy some years back, is billed as resting/soaking in the presence of God/the Holy Spirit. Sometimes actual prayer (that is, talking to God) is involved, but…
A Month o’ Psalmdays
“So you were reading a psalm every day?” “Every day for a month.” “I’ve done that.” “No, I mean the same psalm.” “The same psalm? Every day for a month?”…
12 Answers in 1 Hour
Can you answer tough questions that friends/skeptics bring up? Nobody can know everything, sure, but it’s not that hard to dig into an issue that has come up in recent…
Paws to Worship
In cleaning out files, this piece surfaced—created years before I’d done much writing about sacred objects. I’d totally forgotten about both this Joan of Arc embarrassment and the cat-food recall.…