Faith

The Founders based this country and our freedoms on faith. And for good reason. Need some comfort, looking for a timeless pick-me-up? We have some great resources to help you grow your faith and find a little rest.

WINNING CIVILIZATION: Atonement for the Functionally Apathetic | Steve Berman

WINNING CIVILIZATION: Atonement for the Functionally Apathetic | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

Today is the Jewish Day of Atonement, known as Yom Kippur. Observant Jews all over the world will begin fasting and praying at sundown today. It’s no ordinary fast, either. After the last drop of water is swallowed at sunset, nothing will be consumed or swallowed until sunset Wednesday. That’s called an “absolute fast” and …

FAITH: Introspection is the Best Direction | Steve Berman

FAITH: Introspection is the Best Direction | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

Sunday night begins the annual Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) festival, leading to a ten-day period bookended by the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). The days in the middle are known as the “Days of Awe” where everyone is highly encouraged to look inside and work out anything that’s not—to be corny—Kosher. These ten days …

POST-CHRISTIAN: America’s not Christian, and Jesus is Fine With That | Steve Berman

POST-CHRISTIAN: America’s not Christian, and Jesus is Fine With That | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

My mind—I apologize for giving you a TMI peek—frequently works in song. I wish Billy Joel would update “We Didn’t Start the Fire” with some modern lyrics. You know, start in the 90s with Rwanda, starving children in Somalia, Mogadishu, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein. Then into the millennium: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Osama bin Laden, George W. …

KARMA: Moonie Cult Death Came to Shinzo Abe | Steve Berman

KARMA: Moonie Cult Death Came to Shinzo Abe | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

Tetsuya Yamagami shot Shinzo Abe with a handmade gun, killing him. It was a planned assassination. New details of the 41-year-old assassin’s motivation are coming out, and much of it points to the Unification Church—what we call the “Moonies.” The AP quoted an “expert in cult studies.” “If he hadn’t allegedly committed the crime, Mr. Yamagami would …

GOOD WEIRD: What Does it Mean to be a Christian Today? | Steve Berman

GOOD WEIRD: What Does it Mean to be a Christian Today? | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

Everyone knows someone who is genuinely weird. I remember growing up, there was a particular acquaintance who would sometimes play cards with my group of friends. Let’s call him Nick (I was going to call him “Al” but then, “weird Al,” alas is taken). Nick had a tendency to renege playing games like Hearts or Spades. Even …

MASSACRES: We Live in The Criminal Age | Steve Berman

MASSACRES: We Live in The Criminal Age | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

Surely you’re seen the news of the terrible massacre in Buffalo, N.Y. A white teenager published a screed on social media about “replacement theory,” armed himself to the teeth, drove hours to a Black neighborhood grocery story, and opened fire. He killed 10 people, all Black, and wounded two white victims. This killing was well-planned. The 180-page “manifesto” was timed to …

BABEL: God Lets Some White Churches Die | Steve Berman

BABEL: God Lets Some White Churches Die | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

In 1959, Rev. Kyle Haselden, wrote “The Racial Problem in Christian Perspective,” which took five years for Harper to publish, in 1964. Haselden pastored an all-Black church in Charleston, West Virginia. When the book hit, the New York Times, published Haselden’s essay, “11 A.M. Sunday Is Our Most Segregated Hour.” It’s a marvelous piece of …