Killing the Buddha

War. Huh. Good God, y’all. What is it good for? Depends on who you ask.

Can we mourn for those who aren’t dead?

When terror strikes, what matters more — faith, or a weapon?

What is the point of examining the soul in a time of fire?

Why the state should not pray on September 11th.

Has God been reduced to cinematic sleights-of-hand?

If you can make it there, you’ll make it anywhere: Love in a time of grim reality.

Lingering ghosts and bright ideas at Ground Zero.

The Buddha Killers preach fire and brimstone against those who would make the city clean.

How do you pray for an enemy?

In God’s waiting room with a nation of unbaptized babies.

Cassius Clay vs. Osama bin Laden: A fight for the American idea of Islam.

Zen and the art of running from a crumbling tower.

After 9-11, nothing will be the same — including one mother’s faith.