I’m an atheist, but between COVID and nuclear weapons, I’m ready to give God a try | Opinion
1:30 AM on Mar 27, 2022 CDT
By way of background, I wasn’t raised believing in you. The only time you came up was when I was in preschool in New York City in the ‘60s. In the corner of the room, next to the blocks, there was a box of hard plastic farm animals and one tall, carved wooden man who wore Lederhosen and carried a walking stick. Because he was the biggest toy in our toy box, we always called him “God” and, to this day, the only image I can conjure of you is that of a thin and benevolent Bavarian hiker.
Needless to say, I’ve not been sleeping well. As Theodore Roethke once wrote, “I have married my hands to perpetual agitation.” Our 6-month-old is not the only one who cries in the night.The only thing everyone seems to agree on is the importance of having a dog. We have two.
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