Confronting My Inner Deist

If I hadn't already sworn off using the word, I'd say that I was deconstructing my faith a bit lately. Don't panic. I'm not experiencing anything like a crisis of faith. In some respects, it's just the opposite. Lately I've been questioning some of the unconscious assumptions that inform my faith with the result that …

demons of walmart

We are a people who are understandably obsessed with causation. The moment something of great importance happens we turn our collective attention to the question of causes. In the case of moments of great joy and wonder, this rush to causation has the effect of "breaking the spell." Rather than reveling in the moment, we …