The quote below comes from my Netherlands friend, the poet and psychiatric nurse Aad de Gides.  (He is not “English as a Second Language,” but maybe as Fourth or Fifth Language and I find the irregularities charming, so will not edit.) ungraspable suffering rains through the human affairs.easily this could be a core denominator for the human condition.maybe paradoxically...

If there is one thing we know about religion, it is that the United States is far more religious than any European country.  80 percent of us tell pollsters we’re “Christian,” and over 90% of us tell them we believe in God; 40% are regular church-goers.  Megachurches may look like metastasized malls, and their message may often be hyped-up watered-down feel-good,...