life
The social-media-examined life is not the one that sustains us
By Karen Swallow Prior — June 10, 2021
(RNS) — The public life is not what feeds the desires of the heart.
Will the real pro-life political party please stand up?
By Shane Claiborne — February 15, 2020
(RNS) — The presidential election is shaping up to be a tough one for those who see it literally as a matter of life and death.
My friendship with Peter Singer 10 years on
By Charles C. Camosy — November 21, 2019
(RNS) — As Peter Singer's influential 2009 book 'The Life You Can Save,' is reissued in a 10th anniversary edition, our Catholic ethicist reviews his unlikely friendship with the champion of abortion rights.
Atheists in foxholes — and car accidents
By Chris Stedman — August 15, 2014
Some say that there are "no atheists in foxholes"—that, when confronted with her or his own mortality, even the most ardent atheist suddenly becomes a believer. But a recent car accident reminded me of how my atheism fuels my appreciation for being alive.
COMMENTARY: Nun teaches secret to overcoming fear of death
By Judith Valente — April 17, 2014
(RNS) Reflecting on Sister Lillian’s life, I feel relieved of my fear of death. It’s not because I’m suddenly certain that there’s an after-life. Even Sister Lillian once remarked, “None of us knows what happens after we die. We just believe.”
Between Good Friday and Easter: A Muslim Meditation on Christ and Resurrection
By Omid Safi — March 30, 2013
When I reflect on the suffering of Christ, I see the connection between the suffering of Christ and the suffering of all of God’s children, all of us who are vessels of the Spirit of God.
I seek the Easter of our own spirit, the resurrection of our spirit, long dead, brought back to God through God’s grace. May there be an Easter for the Jesus of our spirit, overcoming every death, every suffering and every affliction.
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