Lying in bed, I turn and gaze over at my mate, the love of my life. She knows me as well as anyone can, it is with her that I feel completely understood. And yet I will never truly know her. Try as I might to share every thought and inner secret, to connect in [...]

Several years ago, at the absolute depths of my personal crisis, a horrendous and hideous thought suddenly occurred to me: What if there is no God? What if this entire existence is … meaningless? What if all of the suffering and anguish and turmoil – not just within me, but in the world itself – [...]