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Among the many sins accounted by various faiths, including the so-called seven deadly sins, I know of none that include apathy. As close...

Philosophers, Theologians, Psychologists, and others occupied with thinking about the human condition have speculated on the nature and...

Can the future be known; is it possible that there are savants who possess the power of prophecy? Mythological, historical and religious...

The emergence of the written word, surely one of humanity’s greatest inventions, gave rise to the need for a convenient way to store and...

For some time now I have wanted to write about patriotism and how love of one’s country is viewed today. The recent celebration of...

A letter on the editorial page of our local newspaper reminded me that it is all too easy to see the world through the narrow aperture of...

There have been a number of occasions in my life where I can say that I felt as if I was staring into the abyss. The way forward was...

Talking with a friend the other day, the subject of happiness occupied both our thoughts. My friend was deeply concerned about a loved...

Having recently completed a change of residence with all of the attendant challenges, not least of which was a brief sense of...

The imminent occasion of what will be the 20th move in my adult life set me thinking about both the impermanence of what we call home,...

The conflation of scripture and psychology would seem to be an oxymoron. Religion after all concerns itself with matters of faith, by...

Recently I wrote about denial, the attitude, not the river. Today I would like to take up the subject of avoidance, a trait with which I...

Have you ever felt helpless? I know I have, and right at this moment I am again, as I contemplate what, if anything I might do to...

A little more than a month ago I was saddened to learn that a gentleman I much admired had passed, leaving behind him a loving wife,...

Perhaps you’ve heard the joke before. Denial is more than a river in Egypt. I didn’t say it was a great joke—maybe not even a bad pun....

Why is it that all of life’s big questions seem to lead us to more questions and not to definitive answers? Or is it that in our quest...

There’s an old and not particularly funny joke that goes like this: Denial is more than a river in Egypt. In that vein, Providence is...

Trust is a funny thing, so hard to establish, so easy to lose. It is the basis for all relationships, whether romantic, professional or...

Many of us have wondered, what is the plan for my life? Some believe that there is no plan save what we forge for ourselves, while...

By all accounts, Eden was paradise; the kind of place that we dream of being. I imagine incredible vistas, an enchanted landscape filled...