The Lost Art of the Advice
Ronald Reagan wrote a moving letter to his son in 1971. He was known as a Hollywood actor back then, 10 years before the became president of the U.S., and […]
Everythings’s Bent (part II)
Normal. What is normal? Continuing the discussion of our last article, let me borrow from the layered words of C. S. Lewis. In the first book of his futuristic Space Trilogy, Out of […]
Everything’s Bent: Rethinking ‘Normal’
How long until homosexual marriage is legally enshrined in your country? British PM David Cameron has come out in support of ‘Marriage Equality’. So, too, has US President Barack Obama. […]
The Power of a Click
There seem to be moments, every now and then, which grab us. An idea pops up in our mind, and it shines so bright and obvious that we wonder why […]
Vested Interests
The question of God is not a theoretical exercise; it spurts from our guts as well as from our minds.
A Hole in the Fence that Became a Door
A year ago I rented a small home with a fence filled with woody knots, some of which were knocked out leaving perfectly oval holes. There was nothing unusual about […]
Technology… Interrupted
Hardly a day passes, it seems, without some article appearing that bemoans how distracted we have become with our over-reliance on technological gadgetry, our inability to turn our devices off, […]
Freud and the Love Delusion
This is one thing that believers and skeptics should be able to agree upon: the story of Jesus is nonsense.
Vocation, vocation, vocation
Questions of vocation, what constitutes the best use of our working lives, are not clear cut in any religious community. Nor are they clear cut in the secular realm. So […]
Gossip Medication
Gossip feels therapeutic. When we are feeling down, nothing can anesthetize our blues better than negative news about someone else. Writer Anne Lamott describes a moment once when she felt […]
Wondering Fair 