It’s often difficult to hear poetry, to appreciate the “still, small voice” that spoke to the prophet Elijah, a voice that grows larger in memory or subsequent readings. In a confessional line toward ...

Chicoan Terry Hunt remembers being at the hospital bedside of a woman who had come to his talks at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Dying, she didn’t know what to do. “Maybe,” Hunt said to her, “it is ...

Very few of us can remember our infancy, but in his Confessions, St. Augustine makes an attempt, recalling a time when he knew only “to repose in what pleased, and cry at what offended my flesh; ...

"Autobiography of a Yogi," penned by Paramahansa Yogananda which was first published in 1946, is a spiritual classic which ...

The opening line of "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramhansa Yogananda encapsulates the essence of Indian culture, emphasizing the search for spiritual truth and the transformative power of the ...

Last week, as regular readers know, I asked people to recommend works in the field of spiritual autobiography or any book/essay/article in the genre of “faith journey.” I supplied my initial list, and ...

Essayist Richard Rodriguez is most widely known as a commentator on the PBS NewsHour. He is the author Hunger of Memory, Brown, Days of... Oct 29, 2013 — Essayist Richard Rodriguez is most widely ...

Critical discussion of Etty Hillesum's diary has mostly concentrated on the Holocaust. This essay emphasizes the literariness of An Interrupted Life—symbols, metaphors, intertexts, and the sense of ...

Shallow, transactional, and forgettable: all words that come to mind at the thought of speed dating, particularly in the context of college relationships. Princeton’s Religious Life Council (RLC) is ...