Growing up, I somehow missed the richness of the holy days preceding Easter. Perhaps with Grandma's house in Bismarck in our sights, our spring-break travel plans demanded all our attention. My sister ...

Celebrated Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984), referencing God, once wrote: “Who is both absent and present.” Many point out, God is: a divine mystery, beyond space and time, immanent, ingrained in ...

Nineteenth century American poet Emily Dickenson may sound like she’s skimping on obedience to God, but she gets to the heart of how we can grow closer to God. “Consider the lilies” is part of a long ...