God Squad

God Squad 7/11/13 God Squad: Blaming God for tragedy

In 2009, our daughter lost her daughter, age 31, to melanoma. Now she blames God ... Read more »

God Squad 7/5/13 God Squad: Our rights come from God

This July Fourth holiday weekend, I am thinking of three important events in our history. ... Read more »

God Squad 6/26/13 God Squad: What is 'God's image'?

Do people of the Jewish faith believe humans are created in God's image? Christian literature ... Read more »

God Squad 6/19/13 God Squad: Living a valued life with a handicap

I have a congenital neuromuscular disease called Charcot-Marie- Tooth, which has led to a lot ... Read more »

God Squad 6/13/13 God Squad: Honoring your perhaps imperfect father

With Father's Day approaching, it is a good reminder that we so often underestimate or ... Read more »

God Squad 6/6/13 What's God's place in Einstein's universe?

Among all the questions you receive about the conflict between science and religion, you seem ... Read more »

God Squad 5/30/13 God Squad: Teachings on life after death

Where did the Jewish/Christian idea of life after death come from? The Bible seems to ... Read more »

God Squad 5/16/13 God Squad: Life lessons from Mom

Thanks to all of you who shared with me the most important life lesson you ... Read more »

God Squad 5/9/13 God Squad: A Mother's Day keeper

I'm not a big fan of secular, made-up holidays, but Mother's Day is different. I ... Read more »

God Squad 5/1/13 God Squad: Weighing justice and forgiveness in Boston

My request that readers share their opinions about whether we should forgive the surviving Boston ... Read more »

God Squad 4/25/13 God Squad: Can't fathom forgiveness for bombers

Would Joseph's brothers have asked for forgiveness if they were not about to starve to ... Read more »

God Squad 4/18/13 God Squad: Remember the enemy who targets the weak

Only once in the Bible does God command us to remember one of our enemies. ... Read more »

God Squad 4/11/13 God Squad: When the mentally ill kill

In my local newspaper recently, there have been articles about Jared Loughner, who was convicted ... Read more »

God Squad 4/4/13 God Squad: Deeper look at ordaining women

Recently, you offered a prayer for the new pope, and said that "Old practices that ... Read more »

God Squad 3/27/13 God Squad: Relationship of Easter, Passover

My wife and I had a discussion last night concerning the different time periods we ... Read more »

God Squad 3/21/13 God Squad: Blessings for Passover, Easter

Every year, as Passover and Easter approach, it's my custom and honor and joy to ... Read more »

God Squad 3/14/13 God Squad: Blessings and hopes for new pope

I love the Catholic Church and, as a Jew, I offer my joyous blessings to ... Read more »

God Squad 3/6/13 God Squad: What's the one question you'd ask God?

So many readers have shared with me the one question they'd ask God. Here's a ... Read more »

God Squad 2/27/13 God Squad: Rebounding from grief

Recently, my daughter's closest friend, a woman in her 40s, was killed instantly in a ... Read more »

God Squad 2/21/13 God Squad: Foolish to blame Mother Nature?

The term "Mother Nature" is used a lot. We hear about Mother Nature's fury, Mother ... Read more »

God Squad 2/13/13 God Squad: The truths that snow hides

First, let me thank my friends who now live in Florida and called me after ... Read more »

God Squad 2/6/13 God Squad: Kin keeps deadly cancer secret

My cousin has confided in me that she has terminal cancer, but she hasn't told ... Read more »

God Squad 1/31/13 God Squad: Why Moses was punished

Why was Moses punished because he doubted water would arise in the desert? It seems ... Read more »

God Squad 1/24/13 God squad: Squabbling over mom's care

Q I am Catholic, but my sister became a born-again fundamentalist Christian 11 years ago ... Read more »

God Squad 1/17/13 God Squad: Feeling uncomfortable in church

Upon retirement, my husband and I moved to the sunny South. We began attending services ... Read more »