I am surprised at this late stage, in my 70s, to be thinking about God. In my defense, I might…
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On Oct. 15, 2020, in a rare display of humility, Donald Trump told a campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., that…
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Of all the qualities that the New Testament ascribes to God, compassion is among the most shocking. Compassion has nothing…
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“How I’m gon keep from killing him,” says Celie, the protagonist of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel “The Color…
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A riveting show at the Metropolitan Museum surveys the complicated art of the ancient Maya, in which beauty and brutality…
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Among my most treasured memories is one Christmas Day when I was around 6 or 7 years old. Christmases in…
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The enduring significance of Christmas is that it represents perhaps the most distinctive feature of the Christian faith — the…
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