Faithbook

Archive: February 10, 2008 - February 16, 2008

Time Alone with God

The simple act of being intentional with my time alone with God transformed my spiritual life and almost every other relationship I had, which I guess is to say that I was changed.

By Hope Hodge | February 16, 2008; 5:10 PM ET | Comments (5)

On Teaching Buddhism

In the religious studies department of the University of Iowa, the graduate students are required to take a series of four foundational courses regardless of their area of specialization. During my first semester at UIowa I took Teaching Religious Studies;...

By Dustin Eaton | February 16, 2008; 11:53 AM ET | Comments (1)

Active Living

As a young child, I used to tell my father that during the week I was American, and on the weekends I was Armenian – school was a time for my American friends, and the weekends for my Armenian ones.

By Ani Nalbandian | February 15, 2008; 10:54 PM ET | Comments (16)

From Virginia Tech, with Love, Sorrow, Despair

Here we are again. Here I am again. Nothing but the darkness of my room at Virginia Tech and the terrible, burning knowledge of life taken with such incredible violence.

By David Grant | February 15, 2008; 8:25 AM ET | Comments (50)

On Being and Not Being a Buddhist

I did not want any part of a religion that used God as a sleep aid or as a butler to find lost keys, and there was no reason to believe that God as I currently envisioned him was anything other than a figment of my imagination.

By Dustin Eaton | February 15, 2008; 6:38 AM ET | Comments (27)

Left Behind: The Catholic Edition

I do hope that holy young people will choose to serve the church through holy orders and consecrated religious life. But if they continue to choose to remain laymen, there must be a vigorous, wholesome, Catholic response to my generation’s spiritual hunger.

By Elizabeth Tenety | February 12, 2008; 1:50 AM ET | Comments (3)

 
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