This morning I found myself leading a discussion on whether contemporary Christianity has anything in common with the progressive traditions of humanism and tolerance. None of my classmates from my ...

I admit, I’m terrible at remembering to “say grace” before a meal. Of course, that statement, in and of itself, is quite self-judgmental. For, after all, who says we need to say grace in the first ...

Find today’s readings here. Every night before dinner in my community, we say grace. I get this is not an unusual practice for a religious community—stay with me. There are those who effortlessly ...

This is border-line bad-place, but this is more of a "Miss Manners"-type of question than a "Damn those believers!"-type. I was raised in a pretty religious family -- at least outwardly so, in that ...

Growing up Catholic, I always said grace with my family before having a meal. These days, the notion of me saying a pre-meal prayer feels a little disingenuous, given the way my religious beliefs have ...