When someone you care about is in trouble, there’s a line people reach for almost automatically: “I’ll pray for you.” It’s a small sentence, but it carries a lot. As a humanist, I’ve never quite... Read More

Exile doesn’t talk, yet even the dreams of Afghan children don’t stay quiet. The noise of factories in Pakistan can supplant the ringing of school bells in refugee settlements. Empty notebooks are sitting around waiting... Read More

Something that most people do not contemplate is the evolution of faith in God. Yet, it can make a significant difference in modernized societies if the majority of the population no longer believes in God.... Read More

Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all... Read More

The Times That Try Men’s Souls In moments of political strain, societies are not only tested by what they can endure, but by what they are willing to become. I challenge you to reread the... Read More

As a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) expatriate, upon returning to the United States, I took off a 22K gold bracelet and laid it on top of my purse. I left both on a bench in... Read More

Did man fall from grace in his pursuit of knowledge? Were we created by Gods to live        as their domesticated pets,              to occupy a special place?... Read More