I vividly remember scanning the room as we knelt down. Taking in all the evidence of celebrity, I saw it for what it was--debris. Worthless glitter, mocking us with its uselessness.

It's been a wild ride the past week as three events showed me some of the highs and lows (spotlights and shadows if you will) of the...

If a major benefit of religious affiliation is connection, it seems counter-intuitive to be so intentionally separate. I imagine instead a world where religion is put on a big lazy susan and all are invited to partake at the big buffet, choosing what they like and dismissing sans-judgement what they don't.