Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog
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A veteran journalist writes about matters of faith and ethics. Blog by Bill Tammeus.
Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog
8M ago
You don't even have to be paying much attention to our American culture today to hear desperate complaints that we have lost our moral center, assuming we ever had one. Many -- but not all -- of these complaints come ..read more
Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog
8M ago
Survey work done this year by the Pew Research Center suggests that lots of Americans experience some kind of visitation by a dead family member in a dream or some other form. Here's the thrust of the Pew study to ..read more
Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog
8M ago
I have just finished reading a fascinating book about a man who, to the surprise of many Americans, became a powerful leader and controlled governmental actions and policies. He bragged that he could commit crimes if he wanted to and ..read more
Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog
8M ago
HARWICH, Mass. -- In general, religion thinks family is important, even if there are differences among faith traditions about what family means. Jesus, for instance, once was interrupted while speaking to a group and told that his mother and siblings ..read more
Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog
8M ago
BOSTON -- I'm here in New England this weekend for a family wedding and to see some other friends and relatives. So I give you permission to take a day off from the blog. However, if you want to get ..read more
Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog
9M ago
Although I'm not a native Missourian (I was born and grew up in Illinois except for two years spent in India), I've lived in the Show-Me state for more than half a century. But it's been only in the last ..read more
Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog
9M ago
The year after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba opened as an off-shore place to house people whom American military forces or intelligence services were capturing in the so-called War on Terror. Since ..read more
Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog
9M ago
The recent trial, conviction and sentencing of the man who murdered 11 worshipers and wounded six more at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 has, once again, put the spotlight on resurgent antisemitism in the U.S. and around the world. What ..read more
Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog
9M ago
In my experience decades ago as a mediocre-at-best high school athlete, one thing I learned about coaches and teams is that players often become much more committed to the team when a lot is expected and even demanded of them ..read more
Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog
9M ago
For a long, long time, Americans have said they cherish religious freedom. And the idea of such liberty is built into some of our founding documents. But I sometimes wonder whether we recognize that in some ways our country is ..read more