When discussing the concept of an afterlife, we talk a lot about heaven, but we also talk a lot about hell too and what it means to be condemned.

Jackson, who is South-African born, said the novel came out of a place of respect for missionaries he met after he retired in 2016 and accepted a short-term mission trip in Puebla, Mexico, to be an interim principal at a Christian school.

Every year I take a close look at sacred texts, primarily Jewish ones (I am a rabbi, after all) to divine the Super Bowl winner.

It is not within anyone’s purview to judge or declare who is destined for hell or heaven.

What is feeding the fear? Could it be that without an afterlife, this life lacks meaning, lacks impact, lacks accomplishment, lacks recovery from life’s failures?

Domestic terrorism incidents are rising across the nation, but so is federal funding for organizations who are targets of hate crimes and seek protection for themselves and those they serve.