When most of us hear the word “repent,” we immediately tend to think of punishment and begging for forgiveness. It's almost ...

A series of writers answer the question: Do we still know how to atone? The evidence is everywhere: Bernie Madoff announces that he is sorry to have caused his family pain, but then defends himself, ...

The past couple of weeks I've tried to explore spiritual concepts that have nearly universal applications for everyone from church deacons to skeptics. Previously, I looked at the importance of ...

It is fascinating to see the way that careless readings of well-known texts keep resurfacing in different contexts. One of ...