When I was in elementary school, the Catholic nuns were constantly hammering home to us the point that “Nothing happens by accident. God has a plan.“ One day, I raised

(This post was offered by a guest blogger with a master’s degree in comparative religion from the Harvard Divinity School.)

The people attending Mass that day received a Gospel reading of uncommon truth and terrifying practical beauty. This woman is probably the only person in the building that day who

One might reasonably define mythology as other people’s religion. The definition of religion is equally uncomplicated: it is misunderstood mythology. The misunderstanding consists typically in interpreting mythological symbols as though