News traveled fast after that. In Cana, the man who served as chief steward at the wedding a few years back grew thoughtful, remembering the wine that had saved the day and hinted at a promise of things to come. In Sychar, as the women met at the well in the morning to draw their … read
When I was a skinny, book-loving, pony-tailed ten-year-old, we discovered my extreme near-sightedness. My eyesight declined very gradually, and I adapted by always sitting in the front row in school. I had no clue as to how blind I was. I still remember walking out of the optometrist’s office with my brand-new, tortoise-shell glasses, looking … read
In my daughter’s class at school, if you want to put someone down in a light-hearted way, you say to them, “You look like stairs.” It is the height of clever insult in Ms. Johnston’s 5th grade classroom. To the rest of us, “you look like stairs” makes no sense. We’re a bunch of right … read
There is a story told among Zen Buddhists about a nun who one day approached a great patriarch to ask if he had any insight into the Nirvana sutra she had been reading. “I am illiterate,” the man replied, “but perhaps if you could read the words to me I could … read
Author Reza Aslan, who wrote the book “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth,” has been working with CNN to develop a “spiritual adventure series” which will premiere on CNN on March 5. He spends time not only learning about different spiritualities and religions around the world but (after gaining trust and developing … read