Another thing each Christmas season brings is a report about the state of life and tourism in Bethlehem, a few miles from Jerusalem. (The new version of the Christmas carol, by the way, is, "O Little ...

Yesterday here on the blog, I wrote about an essay written a few decades back by a man who today teaches at Duke Divinity School, which, of course, is part of Duke University in Durham, N.C. What I ...

You'll have to excuse me today as I spend just this one posting on kind of an internal debate within my denomination, the Presbyterian Church (USA). Listen in if you like. Or just come back tomorrow.

Some folks in Germany have, without knowing it, implemented an idea I've had and talked about among friends for years. They've created a television station devoted to the subject of death. It's called ...

The other day here I wrote about the Center for Practical Bioethics celebrating its 25th anniversary. Former Sen. John C. Danforth (pictured here) spoke at the celebratory dinner, and I want to pass ...

IVY LEAGUE MEETS THE MORMONS Maybe it's something of a post-Romney effect, but whatever the cause, Harvard University is going to offer a course on Mormonism. The religion is attracting more religious ...