Category: identity

Life not in a shell

September 14, 2006 | 1 comment

I’m going to conduct a funeral service today for a family in town whose patriarch passed on this weekend. In looking for words of comfort to assure my audience their beloved family member is still alive and well I thought

Making a difference through art

September 11, 2006 | No comments yet

Alex Cook is a muralist, sculptor, poet, musician, and storyteller who lives what he loves. Living in the Boston area, he works as a multi-talented artist and helps other budding artists aspire to their artistic desires too. Check out some

The perils of cloning

July 7, 2006 | 1 comment

It’s been ten years since Dolly’s birth, the lamb that was cloned in Scotland. Time magazine reported this week, “Dozens of animals have been cloned since that first little lamb—mice, cats, cows, pigs, horses and, most recently, a dog—and it’s

Medicalizing human behavior

June 9, 2006 | No comments yet

Claude Lewis got it right in a column he wrote for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He began, “It may be hard to recall, but once there was a time when people took responsibility for their behavior, without recourse to the psychiatric

True love. What is it?

June 5, 2006 | 9 comments

How do you know if someone truly loves you? It’s hard to tell sometimes, but if you know what to look for, the decision is much easier. True love is not fleeting. It’s permanent. It’s not dependent upon sexual favors.