"The answer to the Great Question... of Life, the Universe and Everything..." said Deep Thought. "Is... forty-two." – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams.I was watching a YouTube video on mental health, appreciating some very good, very practical advice, when the hostess ... Continue reading
Get what you need
November 3, 2009 By 3 Comments
Now you can't always get what you want,You can't always get what you want,Now you can't always get what you want,But if you try sometimes, you just might findYou get what you need! — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, You Can't Always Get What You Want, 1969 ... Continue reading
Deconstructing Woody
August 22, 2008 By 1 Comment
Woody Allen cuts his banana into seven slices each morning. Six slices, or eight, and something bad might happen. "I know it would be total coincidence if I didn't slice it into seven pieces, and my family were killed in a fire," he says. "I understand that there could be no correlation, but, you ... Continue reading
Are we alone?
August 20, 2008 By
We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us. — Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright and poet As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord is thinking about me right now. You are ... Continue reading
Looking for life
March 1, 2008 By 6 Comments
A new five-year analysis of the nation's death rates ... found that the suicide rate among 45-to-54-year-olds increased nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2004, the latest year studied, far outpacing changes in nearly every other age group. — Midlife Suicide Rises, Puzzling Researchers, Patricia Cohen, ... Continue reading
A Christian perspective on suffering
April 4, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Our national debate about Terri Schiavo has caused us all to think more about the purposes of life, and specifically about how we ought to respond to suffering.Christians have long wrangled with questions about suffering: why does it exist; what purposes does it serve; what does it tell us about ... Continue reading
