In 1998 I went to the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, to become a writer-in-residence. I was working on Great Disappointment, a historical novel about my great-grandfather William Miller, whose ...

Despite the doubts that keep swirling around in our heads about the existence of God, human mind and heart has been searching for God since times immemorial. And such a pursuit often develops into a ...

Deeply embedded in the human soul is a longing to be with the right people, at the right time, in the right place. The holiday season heightens our sensitivity to this passion. A familiar song ...

"A heart that knows no nostalgia, knows no joy. And joy, really, is our strength: the joy of God. ""Let us ask ourselves how is our longing for God: are we happy, are we content, and every day do we ...

Every July for the past seven years, my quiet corner of North Georgia has become the site of a Native American Sundance ceremony. While the rest of the nation stocks up on beer and firecrackers for ...

Dorothee Soelle is well known for her seminal book on suffering. Entitled simply Suffering, it provoked much-needed discussion on the relation of theology to suffering. In the winter years of a long ...