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IN 1882, THE GERMAN PHILOSOPHER FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE PUT THE WORDS "GOD IS DEAD" into the mouth of one of his characters. But in this statement, Nietzsche didn't suggest that some entity—the traditional man on the throne in the sky—had actually died.
ONE DAY NOT LONG AGO, OUR EDITOR, BILL DAWLEY, ARRIVED AT WORK WITH A STORY. He'd gone that morning to one of his favorite hangouts— Dunkin' Donuts— in nearby Roxbury, one of Boston's richly diverse neighborhoods.
MY DAD USED TO TELL A STORY ABOUT HIS FATHER. "MY POP WAS BORN at one minute to midnight on the last day of the week, in the last month of the year, in the last year of the century.
I REMEMBER SOMEONE IN SCHOOL SAYING THAT THE ROLE OF THE poet is "to make the familiar new. " That might explain why different Bible translations of familiar verses can sometimes jump right off the page—bringing fresh insight into beloved words that we've read a hundred times.
TYRANNY —WHAT A POWERFUL WORD. A WORD THAT CAN MEAN anything from totalitarian despots ruling citizens with an iron hand to the imposition of inherited diseases on innocent victims to the frustration of wily computers ruling our daily lives.
WRITERS DIVERSE AS MARK TWAIN TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT TO Voltaire to Oscar Wilde have all gotten credit for having written this famous postscript to a letter: "I'm sorry this letter is so long. I didn't have time to make it shorter.
A NUMBER OF ARTICLES IN THIS JOURNAL DEAL WITH FINDING OR perceiving or recognizing God, or His/Her presence in our lives. It's there to become tangibly aware of, even if it takes a while to realize.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE EASTER SUNDAYS OF MY CHILDHOOD, a family photo comes to mind: my two sisters and I decked out in fluffy dresses, with white gloves and new hats. And patent leather shoes.
THE PSALMIST KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT SPIRITUAL ZEAL. But that doesn't mean he was a religious zealot or ran headlong, scattering his fire with untempered zeal —the zeal that rushes about, full–tilt and unfocused with wild fervor.
THIS MONTH'S FEATURE "THE MOTHERHOOD OF GOD" (P. 34) explores God's feminine nature.