Will we meet famous people in heaven?

A reader writes: “Scripture tells us that when we die and enter heaven, we will be reunited with family and friends. May we also conclude that it will also be possible to meet famous celebrities such as movie stars, musicians, writers, world

Audrey Assad, deconstruction and ‘good’ doubt

Audrey Assad, a musician whose career centered around Catholicism, began her journey away from the Church around 2013. In this she is far from alone. A 2021 Pew survey found that three-in-ten adults in the U.S. describe their religion as “nothing in

Being a celebrity is dangerous

Newspapers love to run stories about celebrities being weird or self-destructive, because celebrity-obsessed Americans gobble them up. People reading them naturally ask why celebrities “spin off into eccentricity and madness,” actor-director-novelist Ethan Hawke wrote a few years ago: “Celebrity is a form