Since I was relatively new to the Bible, I was surprised by the Old Testament God. He's wrathful, but at other times, He's incredibly compassionate. ….

I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset - and sandals - of my forefathers..

I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat..

I’d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because it’s a huge part of being a writer, no matte….

A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses..

Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge b….

This is what the Sabbath should feel like. A pause. Not just a minor pause, but a major pause. Not just lowering the volume, but a muting. As the fam….

I'm all for cafeteria religion. I think there's nothing wrong with cafeterias - I've had some great meals at cafeterias. I've also had some horrible ….

I got a sense of the amazingness of ordinary life, and I became aware of the marvel that we're around to begin with. I visited a lot of extreme commu….

When I went to Israel, it was a little disorienting, because there are so many people who look crazy and were dressed like me. There, I was just one ….

The World Health Organization ... estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because of noise pollution..

A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage..

I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life..

The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. ….

I've rarely said the word "Lord," unless it's followed by "of the Rings..

I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world..

It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book t….

When I was with the serpent-handlers in Tennessee, it was the most bizarre method of worship I could think of. Yet when you sit with these people, yo….

Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness..

There's a very passionate pro-chewing movement on the Internet called Chewdiasm. They say that we should be chewing 50 to 100 times per mouthful, whi….

I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. I tried the raw food vegan diet. And I tried the calorie restriction diet, which is….