(RNS) — You have, of course, heard many times the story of Jacob’s dream from this week’s Torah portion in the book of Genesis — the famous story of Jacob’s ladder. Jacob has fled from the murderous ...

Pursuing the spiritual life is beautiful and complex. It is beautiful because of the truth it illuminates (and beauty and truth are interchangeable at the level of the transcendental). However, it is ...

I have a pretty paralyzing fear of heights. Ask me to walk across New York’s George Washington Bridge and I’m hard pressed to take even three steps forward towards New Jersey. I wouldn’t bungee jump ...