The Hero’s Journey of Aging: Why Childlike Faith Matters More Than Ever

A few years ago, I would never have written anything like what I'm about to write here. I had an aversion to religion and any form of what I called "God talk." I wasn't an atheist—my logical mind couldn't reconcile proving a mystery such as the existence or nonexistence of God—but I was certainly agnostic. I occasionally fell back on Pascal's Wager: may…