Does God still matter?

Numbering Our Days

"Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things."(1) It is a rare gift, in this age of distractions,...

The Journey's End

An essay from G.K. Chesterton begins, "In all the current controversies, people begin at the wrong end as readily as at the right end; never stopping to consider which is really...

Talking About What Matters Part 4: Breaking the Spell of Apathy and Distractions

Barring extreme measures, one of the only ways to hold people’s attention nowadays is to help them actually care about the subject you’re discussing. You’ll find that certain...

Talking About What Matters Part 3: Imagination

Imagination is the antidote to apathy and distractions. But imagination is a very misunderstood word. What exactly is the imagination anyway? Do only “artsy” and “creative”...

Talking About What Matters Part 1: Confronting the Challenge of Apathy

Do you hate small talk? Do you dread comments about the weather? Someone once told me that deep conversations end after college. But many of us want to keep on having serious...

The Ultimate Spotter

Have you ever been in this plight before—commissioned to pick up an international guest at the Mumbai airport at 2 a.m.? It's not so much the time that I want you to empathize...

What If I Don't Need God?