
I once heard an NPR report about Pope John Paul II visiting a Central American nation. After a service at a huge soccer stadium, the reporter spoke with a number of people […]
I once heard an NPR report about Pope John Paul II visiting a Central American nation. After a service at a huge soccer stadium, the reporter spoke with a number of people […]
I’m being more autobiographical than I usually am when writing a piece like this. My interest in Aspergers and Autism developed in seminary when a young boy in the congregation, I was […]
My family has a few TV shows that we love. Such shows include Downton Abbey and Sherlock, as well as The Amazing Race and Big Bang Theory. Another of our favorites is […]
The term accomodationism is usually applied to the view that there is no necessary conflict between evolution and religion. Now the term is usually employed by those who are in opposition to […]
After a year at Patheos, I am moving Approaching Justice to a new home. I am very grateful to the owners and staff at Patheos for the privilege of blogging at their […]
While it is often said that there are “no atheists in foxholes,” the experience of war can be a destroyer of faith. Rawls wrote that he was raised in a “conventionally religious” […]
Last night the following message appeared on the Facebook group Mormons Building Bridges: Hi, this is actually Jakes Mother. He recently tried to commit suicide because he got depressed from the people […]
Absolutely. While they are not “mainstream” Mormons, as the Brown family refers to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Christ of Latter-day Saints based in Salt Lake City, they are […]
Todd, I just finished reading a book by Adam Miller. It is called Letters to a Young Mormon. Others have written books in this format, but this one struck me and I […]