By Todd Leonard

What if religion is wrong about the afterlife? What if this life is all we get? Would we live differently?

By Todd Leonard

For the first time in my life, I'm unemployed. I chose this in order to chart a new path. Here's what I'm learning about the transition.

By Todd Leonard

Religious people, volunteers, and people in helpiing professions get taken advantage of without often realizing it. Here, I pull back the curtain.

By Todd Leonard

I had a patient ask me to teach her how to pray. She had no idea she had just made a huge mistake.

By Todd Leonard

Bad religion asks you to turn off your brain & do whatever the organization tells you the Bible says. Make sure to keep your brain on and think first.

By Todd Leonard

Anxiety, depression and discouragement are normal and essential parts of the human experience. Running from them delays the healiing process.

By Todd Leonard

One way prayer can be helpful is in naming time, space and setting as sacred. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that life is more than ordinary.

By Todd Leonard

Learning the storieis our brains tell us about ourselves and others empowers us to rewrite them to be more accurate and more gracious.