The Dude Abides
I want to live in the world, not behind some wall I want to live in the world, where I will hear if another voice should call To the prisoner inside me To the captive of my doubt Read more
I want to live in the world, not behind some wall I want to live in the world, where I will hear if another voice should call To the prisoner inside me To the captive of my doubt Read more
Welcome home. The Dude is in.... Let us live in this love and this happiness, you and I and all of us. Read more
Got a bad taste in your mouth from all the birther-he’s-a-Muslim-or-maybe-the-antiChrist-but-certainly-not-a-REAL-Christian nonsense of the last few days regarding our longsuffering POTUS Obama and his humble Christian faith? Yeah, me too. So here’s a little happy to get rid of the nasty. You’re welcome. [wpvideo ccMJuvV2] Read more
Last Saturday (8/21) I appeared on CNN’s Weekend program to talk about President Obama’s spiritual life and a 2004 interview I conducted with the then-Illinois State senator about his faith, which remains the most in-depth and exhaustive Obama has given to date on the subject. [You can read the transcript of that ’04 interview with Obama HERE.] My appearance on CNN was about seven minutes long. CNN has posted a five-minute clip of the appearance, which hits most of the... Read more
You can only believe what you do not know. As soon as you know it, you no longer believe it, at least not in the same way as you know it. Read more
Later today I’ll be appearing on CNN to talk about President Obama’s faith, based in large part on the lengthy interview he gave me in April 2004 about his spiritual life. That interview also appeared in my first book, The God Factor: Inside the Spiritual Lives of Public People (2006). The request from CNN comes, of course, on the heels of a fascinating new study from the folks at Pew about the American public’s perceptions of Obama’s faith and/or religiosity,... Read more
Fairy Godmothers. I have a whole team of them — four or five back in Connecticut where I grew up and a gang of 10 in Chicago, where I lived for 20 years before high-tailing it to the Left Coast in July. The FG’s adopted me years ago and have a habit of turning up unexpectedly when I need them most, as if out of thin air (and sometimes even with glitter and gossamer wings.) These women, the Fairy Godmothers,... Read more
Jennifer Grant (I call her “Jennafierce”) is one of my dearest friends in the whole, wide world. She is a poet, an author, a journalist, mother of four incredible children, wife of 20-plus years to the magnificent David, and a woman of abiding, deep and profoundly moving faith and a wonderfully goofy sense of humor. Jen inspires me on so many levels. As an artist and a friend, as a person of faith and new mother (in fact, I would... Read more
If somebody calls to me I’m hoping to not fear, not fear to answer. Read more
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