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September 2022

September 25, 2022

The Media Doesn’t Understand Religion. And That’s Bad for All of Us

It’s a Sunday in September, and for lots of Americans, that means football. NBC’s Sunday...

April 2019

April 15, 2019

Notre Dame’s Fire Was Horrible. But We Can Find Hope There, Too

The fire in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is dying down now. No one knows...

December 2018

December 01, 2018

George H.W. Bush is Gone, But His Faith Lives On

George H.W. Bush first spoke of “a thousand points of light” in New Orleans,...

November 2017

November 11, 2017

Sin, Penance and Forgiveness in an Age of Scandal

My favorite movie? It might be The Mission. The 1986 movie unpacks the story of...

September 2016

September 02, 2016

Why Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem Kneel Down Matters

When Colin Kaepernick first refused to rise during the National Anthem before a fairly meaningless...

April 2016

April 21, 2016

The Faith of Harriet Tubman, New Face of the 20 Dollar Bill

Amongst all the remarkable items in the Smithsonian's collections—from the Hope Diamond to the Spirit...

November 2015

November 09, 2015

What’s America’s Favorite Pastime? Religion.

The United States is growing more secular. According to data released earlier this month by...

August 2015

August 05, 2015

The 33: A Miner Miracle

Five years ago today (Aug. 5), 33 Chilean miners were trapped nearly a half a...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

The Aurora Theater Shooter: What Would Batman Do?

It's been about three months since the Aurora theater shooting trial began. A jury has already...

July 13, 2015

Batman v. Superman’s Super, and Spiritual, New Trailer

So the new Comic-Con trailer for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice has been out...

July 06, 2015

The Best Use of a Semicolon Ever

I’ve always felt that the semicolon was a woefully underused bit of punctuation. While other...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

God Promises Forgiveness, Not a TV Show

I don't know much about the Duggar family. I've never watched an episode of 17...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

How Good, Evil and Faith Intersect at the Aurora Shooting Trial

The Dark Knight Rises, the most anticipated movie of the year, was opening at midnight...