Many of the virtues we most admire in mature Christians are precisely the qualities that suffering helps cultivate.

The Book of John reminds us that Jesus’ humanity makes ours possible. Nearly halfway through John’s Gospel, Jesus tells those gathered in the temple at the Feast of the Dedication, “Is it not written ...

This article is excerpted from Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone, now released in paperback. Words and phrases can sometimes arise in our prayer. Not every word or phrase that pops into your head ...

The dead don’t talk. That’s what we say, isn’t it? Here is the Gospel question: Can they hear or see? And if we ourselves cannot hear or see what truly matters, are we the walking dead? Having ...

Long before the main character in her most famous book asked "Are you there God?", Judy Blume was on her own journey of faith. As a young child in the 1940s, Blume was forced to reckon with her ...

Fifty years ago, author Judy Blume captured the comedy and drama of being a preteen girl. Her novel "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." has never gone out of print. It's also never been made into ...

What a wonder that the film adaptation of Judy Blume’s beloved 1970 young adult novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is as lovely, heartfelt and, indeed, deeply radical as the original text.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Kelly Fremon Craig‘s adaptation of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, which marks the first ...

Judy Blume's 1970 novel, "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," tells the story of a preteen girl who moves to New Jersey with her family, makes new friends, and awaits the arrival of her period. It ...