Every other Thursday evening at 7, I excuse myself from the family, go into my room, close the door, sit at the computer and sign into Zoom. Soon seven women's faces appear on the screen: our prayer ...

Some ancient prayers endure because of their preciseness of language and the poetic way they are expressed. Think of the Shema in Judaism, the Our Father in Christianity, Allahu akbar in Islam. One ...

I’m a Taowinist, a cross between a Taoist and a Darwinist. I remember the night I realized it. I was reading Alan Watts on Taoism and this sentence jumped out at me: The lifestyle of one who follows ...

For two decades, I’ve studied the ins and outs of choosing, everything from its origins at the origin of life to everyday informal decision making. I can distil everything I’ve learned in those 20 ...

The human heart desires God. As human beings, we were made by God and for God. We can attempt to fill our lives with many things, some of them even good things, but nothing can fill the “God hole” ...

Those who govern or are in positions of authority are called to be humble and serve the good of the people God entrusts to them rather than the interests of their party or themselves, Pope Francis ...

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The grand old man of Indian journalism, Khushwant Singh, who has his widely-read ‘Malice’ column in several dailies, recently wrote that prayers are useless and just a waste of time and energy. But ...