Does anyone know who their father is? This question posed in the Greek myth, The Odyssey, is asked by a son who grew up while his father spent many years “fighting battles in distant lands”. The answe...
How do we humans deal with our deepest differences? While conflicts basically have two sides, I’ve found that resolving differences and transforming the most challenging situations come from the invol...
This past weekend marked the end of Lent and the beginning of spring, a time of renewal. Lent commemorates Jesus spending 40 days in the wilderness: fasting, overcoming substantial temptations, access...
Today marks United Nations’ International Women’s Day, a time to reflect on those issues that impact the lives of women, locally and globally. It is also an opportunity to highlight the exemplary cont...
“He not busy being born, is busy dying”
— Bob Dylan
Last Saturday a large celebration observing the 92nd birthday of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was held, costing a reported $800,000. The form...
Life is change.Growth is optional.Choose wisely.— Karen Kaiser ClarkOn February 21, 1965, Malcolm X (el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) was assassinated. He was one of four public figures targeted in the Unite...
“To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existenceThe next best, the people honour and praiseThe next, the people fear; and the next, the people ha...
“If I’m not for me, then who is for me?“If I’m only for me, then who am I?“If not me, who? If not now, when?”Last week’s announcement of a collaboration in which J.J. Soares made an agreement with Age...
Last week, leading up to Christmas, most global media outlets carried a story — datelined December 22 — which reported: “A group of Muslims travelling on an overcrowded bus in North East Kenya took a ...
Some 80 people gathered to surprise Izola Harvey on the occasion of her 90th birthday on December 14.
This wonderful affair not only highlighted the significance of the milestone she reached, but the...
