We are all about individual rights, personal narratives and the freedom to choose. So was the Prodigal Son, until the food ran out.

A new series on History approaches Jesus and his followers as humans rather than as stained-glass icons.

The question of trust, of giving ourselves to something outside ourselves, is quite fundamental. It goes to the nature of who we are as human beings. One might pose the question this way: Are we clams or clovers?

Intimacy can only be shared between those who love. It cannot be summarized. Intimacy lives in silence.