The word “peace” has many diverse connotations.

For some people it is the absence of conflict or war between people, nations and beliefs.

For others it is the lack of discord or strife between individuals, the presence of...

I was doing my regular exercise on the elliptical machine at the gym reading a magazine and wishing my 30 minutes were over. When I looked up for a diversion, I saw a woman in front of me wearing a short top and pants slightly...

This spring I saw a robin that was neither a scrawny hairless creature fresh from the egg nor an adult soaring through the air. Most probably in its adolescent years, it had not yet got the hang of soaring and flying. I watched...

Unfortunately, some join Christianity as a way of taking out a “fire-insurance” policy (to avoid the heat of an afterlife because of the indiscretions and sins of this life!) This usually means signing on the dotted line of some...

Ever hear of an “empathy deficit”? If we could work on reducing that, according president-elect Barack Obama in a graduation speech in 2006 we would have “the ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes; to see the world...