What if the God you were taught to fear is still shaping the way you see other people? I often think about the moment, now more than six decades ago, when I opened our family Bible and saw God...

Have you ever had a question you were afraid to ask? I’m not talking about school days when you finally raised your hand and started with, “This might be a dumb question…” only to hear the teacher say, “There’s...

In my upcoming memoir, I wrote this line: “God could be a God-awful God.” Have you ever thought God was awful? Be honest. If you can’t be honest, why not? Do you fear God will punish you? Are you...

I was seven years old when the church gave God a name I feared: Father. Looking back, I realize that word was supposed to make me feel safe. It didn’t. When my Sunday School teacher prayed, “Dear Heavenly Father,”...

Fifteen-year-old Meg raised her left hand to ask a question. She sat cross-legged on the floor with the other teenagers. Her right hand gripped a piece of pepperoni pizza. In a quiet voice, she looked at Dr. McGreely and...