“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” —Socrates Read more »

“When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.” —Joseph Joubert Read more »

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” —W.B. Yeats Read more »

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. —Anaïs Nin Read more »

About a decade ago, my husband and I traded in our old cell phones for iPhones, a move that heralded a subtle but profound change in our lives. Read more »

“God has no religion.” —Mahatma Gandhi

For many of us, it proves impossible to limit religious thought to a narrow creed. The more we learn, the more difficult it becomes to restrict ourselves to the definition of ultimate reality, or God, that we grew up with, or held when we were young. Read more »

I wrote this prayer sitting in a military chapel in Afghanistan. The prayer was inspired by my encounter with a service-member I met. Read more »

Well-meaning people explain that it doesn’t matter what religion I choose, but I must choose, and only one. Only then, they say, can I go truly deep into a religion. Read more »