Tag: why i don't pray

This deeply personal column explores why the author no longer chooses to pray in times of tragedy and instead calls for real-world action, therapy, and secular humanist values.

I understand the almost reflexive reliance on prayer when crises engulf our lives. People deserve to find comfort how and where they can. If praying provides that comfort for people of faith, so much the better.

If praying provides that comfort for people of faith, so much the better. But I do not pray.