January 2, 2009 | 5 comments
The greeting “Happy New Year,” has been flowing freely and abundantly this past week as people anticipate a new set of months to twirl through on their calendar. When the past has been a struggle, as it has been for
October 31, 2008 | 10 comments
If you are a US citizen, what if the presidential candidate you vote for next week loses the election? Is all lost? Nope. A power over the country much greater than any politician in office governs the land and ensures
July 21, 2008 | 4 comments
Have you ever heard of Peace Pilgrim? I hadn’t until a reader sent me to a web site dedicated to her life and teachings. Peace Pilgrim is the name of a woman who traveled throughout the United States, mostly on
July 1, 2008 | 2 comments
Now here’s a new angle on what makes us happy that I hadn’t read before. An opinion piece in The Christian Science Monitor titled, “Does money make you happy?” by Arthur Brooks, claims that feeling successful is more closely related
May 6, 2008 | 7 comments
A couple of weeks ago I was grousing to myself about being unfairly wronged by another. I don’t like feeling resentful because I know it is totally out of character with living the Sermon on the Mount which instructs us