- Faith on View

I have begun to wonder if we have not found God

A poem, Epiphany 2022 I have begun to wonder if we have not found God because we think we do not have time to gaze at the stars. We could follow them if we tried, …

A woman dressed in black is shown with a hand on a casket and holding a bouquet of white flowers.

“Do you know why people get together at Christmas? Because every time they do it might be the last time. Every Christmas is last Christmas.” -from Dr. Who 253, “Last Christmas,” written by Steven …

Image shows a man sleeping in the rough on an outdoor bench with a vibrant angelic scene behind him.

You’re not swearing when you say it’s been a Hell of a year. You put it down on paper, and it doesn’t look like much. But things add up. Things bleed you, leave you weak. …

A caveman family, positioned just outside a cave, with father holding a spear is depicted in this painterly image.

I am not incredibly nostalgic for the turn of the century, but there is one thing I miss about it. Sure, the late 90s and early 2000s weren’t perfect — we saw the rise of …

The creation of Adam Fresco in the Sistine Chapel is shown with Adam wearing a surgical mask.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, …

People are shown in low light walking away from the camera on a forest trail.

There’s a funny thing about living with chronic pain. Eventually, you get used to it. I don’t mean that it goes away. I don’t mean that it no longer hurts. But there comes a point …

A woman seen in silhouette stands facing the sun and ocean at sunset with her arms spread and head tilted back.

Religious people tend to report better overall wellbeing, but they also fall short of their non-religious neighbors’ in some areas. That was part of the finding of a report Gallup World Poll issued after 10 …

A walled garden is seen at a site in the Middle East, potentially at a mosque.

The group Churches for Middle East Peace has issued a statement saying that the ongoing conflict in Gaza will not end without the parties involved addressing “core systemic issues” and asks the U.S. to refrain …

A toddler in a colorful knit hat and blue coat drinks from a water bottle.

A couple of years ago, a meme started to float around in what I think of as my Internet circles that wasn’t so much a joke as it was an expression of despair. It was …

A tattooed hand and forearm is shown grabbing the forearm of a non-tattooed arm.

“I’ve gotten so numb to all of this,” my friend wrote after messaging me a photo of a group of agitators flying Nazi flags outside of Disney World in Florida. I responded that I understood, …