1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (301+ words) We are on the cusp of one of the most notable Jewish holidays of the year: Purim." During this holiday, we commemorate the Jewish people's survival from a genocide plot in ancient Persia (modern-day Iran), as told in the Book…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (904+ words) Later, David wrote the magisterial biography of the founding teacher of the San Francisco Zen Center, Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki. Most recently he published a second memoir, Tassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir/Oral History…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (280+ words) But I knew that whatever it was, it wasn't good. It wasn't anything like what was going on in my church, so they were all going to hell. Actually, it seemed that just about everyone other than my nuclear family,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (334+ words) So how could that be subversive? Here is an example. The book sold very well, mainly among clergy and seminarians, giving those readers "facts which to many of them were as novel as they were astounding." They suddenly became aware…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (821+ words) When I was a freshman at Liberty, I made a commitment to read the Bible ten chapters a day. I am now in my 107th reading of the Bible. Recently I began this new reading of the Scriptures and came across…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (685+ words) Thank you for taking the time to read through the Quantum Gospel of Philip with me. Hopefully, my attempt to connect the dots between these teachings and the ones found in the lost Gospels of Thomas, Mary, and Truth was…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1480+ words) Writing a book, or for that matter a blog, can be a difficult task these days. "When it comes to getting people to read your work it is much harder than it used to be. You feel like you are…...

2+ mon, 23+ hour ago  (780+ words) Jesus praying in the midst of the rubble in Gaza. AI generated. Across history, Christians, Muslims, and scholars have debated Jesus" identity and mission. Yet there is broad agreement on his geographic, cultural, and linguistic roots. Examining these roots through…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1124+ words) Richard N. Ostling, a religion writer for the Associated Press, was formerly senior correspondent for Time magazine, where he wrote twenty-three cover stories and was the religion writer for many years. He has also covered religion for the CBS Radio Network…...