If you're reading the Daily Blessings, chances are you need God. You believe in God. You love God. We do too. But we were dumbfounded. What could possibly be the reasons a person would give to prove we don't need God? 

We're sharing an article by famed skeptic and atheist Michael Shermer. He lists 10 reasons why we don't need God.  Not to clould your judgement, but his reasoning will astound and (possibly) anger you. That's what happened when we read it. Still, it's worth a peek. People of faith do well to know the other point of view. Here's to tolerance and loving compassion for all God's children, no matter what their beliefs.    READ NOW 

In a recent conversation for the New York Review of Books, President Barack Obama and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson discuss her recent essay on how fear colors conversations about faith.

Both Obama and Robinson are from the United Church of Christ tradition. They, discuss the evolution of American democracy and religion and agree that the gentler messages of Christianity are increasingly drowned out by belligerent rhetoric. READ TRANSCRIPT