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Here’s how some prominent writers and scholars weigh in on the topic of evil versus mental illness. Thanks to freelance religion writer Andrea Useem for collecting some of these on her blog, ReligionWriter.com. The “National Review Online” published these responses: From Matthew J. Franck, professor and chairman of political science at Radford University: “Professional explainers…

Thanks to readers Patricia and Lanette for asking for a conclusion to my Good Friday post. I think I’ve been reading too many fairy tales to Katherine before bed, because I’m annoyed with happy endings. That’s why I left mine off. Three hours after the Tin Man and Dorothy arrived at the Land of Oz…

Question of the day: If you were a holiday letter, what would you say? (In other words, who do you want to be?) Eric’s answer: “My house is a mess, my wife stayed out of the nuthouse, and my kids aren’t in therapy yet.” Phew. He’s got his priorities right. He didn’t even mention work.…

Even Jesus had to erect some boundaries. In Matthew 14:13, he withdrew from the crowd in a boat. And do you really think he fled to the desert for 40 days to fast and pray? Don’t you think maybe that was his way of pulling down the blinds on the folks who wanted to nail…
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