by Jan Turrentine | Jun 13, 2005 | Opinion
Think of chaos, and images of bedlam, disorder, confusion and disarray probably come to mind—all things that make me want to run in the opposite direction. But there’s another way to look at chaos. We find it when we take the time to dig deeper into the...
by Jan Turrentine | May 17, 2005 | Opinion
In the days leading up to the death of Pope John Paul II and the subsequent election of Pope Benedict XVI, Tom Reese appeared regularly in television interviews. As the highly respected editor of the Jesuit magazine America, he provided the United States audience in...
by Jan Turrentine | Apr 29, 2005 | Opinion
Though she respects it, she says she was not attracted to Buddhism. Same for Islam and Judaism. “I’m attracted to Jesus,” she says. She’d never before lived in an environment where people attended church or “had a living faith.”...
by Jan Turrentine | Apr 15, 2005 | Opinion
Some time ago, a survey by The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life revealed that each day, more than 3 million people get religious or spiritual material from the Internet. Today’s numbers are no doubt much higher. Other statistics around that same time...
by Jan Turrentine | Dec 24, 2004 | Opinion
If lights and decorations are any indication, just about everyone celebrates Christmas. If lights and decorations are any indication, just about everyone celebrates Christmas. A nighttime drive through my neighborhood is almost blinding: lighted Santas, reindeer,...