Religion

The God you create creates you — Huddled around a flannelgraph in a darkened corner of the church, I sat on the floor in a semi-circle with a bunch of other 6-year- olds in front of my Sunday school teacher. Her hair was pure white, and a pair of half-moon spectacles sat halfway down her rather prominent…

For more than 300 years, belief in Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism was punishable by death — Kakure Nenbutsu For many years, believers in Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, the True Pure Land sect, quietly climbed into the deep recesses of remote mountains to pray in hidden caves where their images and other ritual items were safely stored. If caught, these believers faced torture and death. They were known as Kakure…

I was beaten to this topic by Colby Hess, who wrote a fantastic article on the woke left and its endless preachifying about anything that offends or goes against the Accepted Opinion. Where to start. Okay, here’s one. There was an article yesterday about the Black Americans who came out…

I’ve been putting off the moment. The talk. Dreading the day it would become an issue and I could no longer ignore it. I’m not talking about puberty, I could deal with that. This was far worse.

Russians send prayers to their heroic leader — Vladimir Putin celebrated Russian Orthodox Christmas alone with a priest in one of the Kremlin’s most sacred cathedrals. Photos of the pensive and devout religious leader of the Russian people were shared with the world. I apologize if you choked on anything while reading the opening paragraph. There is absolutely…