“It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.” So croons popular singer Paolo Nutini in a song on his latest album Sunny Side…

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The Rev. Dr. Michael Ward is an Anglican minister and the author of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis. It…

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A review of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

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This wide-ranging collection of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' writing and speeches offers plenty of food for thought.