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In their interfaith marriage and divorce, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are ‘just like us’

July 12, 2012 By Lisa Miller

Never mind what the tabloids say. Celebrities are not “just like us.” We don’t have our first date over sushi on a private jet, as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are rumored to have done, and we don’t appear together publicly for the first time, as they did, in Rome. We don’t have the opportunity […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: divorce, interfaith divorce, interfaith marriage, Katie Holmes, Lisa Miller, marriage, Tom Cruise

Obama’s embrace of gay marriage makes for a spiritual Mother’s Day

May 1, 2012 By Lisa Miller

When President Obama threw his support behind same-sex marriage, he did something much more than please the members of the LGBT community and the people who love them. He gave hope and encouragement to millions of Americans struggling to do right by their children in unconventional or nontraditional families by implicitly asserting “as a practicing Christian” […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Barack Obama, Bible, gay marriage, Lisa Miller, marriage, Mother's Day

Christian leaders talk about marriage and sex

November 10, 2011 By Lisa Miller

Last week, Rick Warren sent this message to the nearly 500,000 people who follow him on Twitter: “Husbands & wives should satisfy each other’s sexual needs. 1 Cor 7:3.” His Twitter feed lit up with amens and retweets. “Oh gosh,” exclaimed one follower. Evangelical Christians want to talk about sex. And not in the same […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Christians, evangelicals, Lisa Miller, marriage, sex

About Lisa Miller

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Lisa Miller is a staff writer at New York magazine. She is the former religion columnist for the Washington Post, former senior editor of Newsweek magazine, and author of "Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife."

In 2014, Lisa Miller was nominated for the National Magazine Award and featured in Best Magazine Writing of 2014.

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