I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.

When I went to college, I was so focused on this new experience of my life that I really just pushed down all of my fears of hell and damnation.

Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For years, I would say to myself 'Remember the purple sky' when I was feeling anxious, which to me meant remember a sense of internal spaciousness and kindness toward myself.

How is Maggie Rowe compensating for her decision to not have a child? Is what she is doing instead enough to justify that decision? What is she doing instead, and why can't she be better at it? What's keeping her from getting a better overall existence score in comparison to an arbitrary sampling of other human beings?

Even though it's my job to be an actor, I have given my life to God.

One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography for the spiritual? Is it some fuzzy space?

All human kingship risks a denial of the sovereignty of God.

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.