In this Sunday's gospel Jesus reassures his followers that in the Father's house there are dwellings being prepared for them. After preparing their hives, bee colonies have been known to occasionally abandon their dwellings, but in the past few decades the frequency of such departures has risen at an alarming rate . . .

Upright and trustworthy are the works of the Lord, the psalmist informs us this Sunday. A reenactment of satanic rituals known as a “black mass” scheduled to take place Monday evening on the Harvard University campus aroused vigorus protest from those who see it as the farthest thing from upright . . .

In the gospel this Sunday the risen Lord promises to return for his disciples and take them to new dwelling places prepared for them. We may need those dwelling places in the not-distant future, if global temperatures continue to rise unabated. As it stands, two studies released Monday signal . . .

The reading from 1 Peter this Sunday encourages disciples to become "living stones," citing a passage from Hebrew scripture that says, "Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a cornerstone, chosen and precious." King David laid quite a few stones in fortifying a citadel captured during . . .

"And so the truth remains, that even when the people or events seem completely bound up in evil and darkness and far away from God, the light of the Spirit can still break through and shine in the darkness."

FIfty-one percent of Americans doubt the universe was created by the Big Bang, 42 percent doubt evolution, and 37 percent doubt human-made climate change.