“I fasted during Lent, and it was a wonderful experience. I lost five pounds.” (Spoken from one friend to another) It’s funny how the motives we bring to things change everything. A gift can be given from the heart, or it can be a manipulative ploy. A word spoken by one sincere person can be [...]

“Lent” started on Wednesday … Ash Wednesday. Not that most of the world noticed. Did you see the comical clip of news commentators who, upon seeing the ash mark on Vice-President Biden’s forehead, speculated as to how he might have injured himself?! The world marches to a different drum … a different rhythm … and [...]

Carnage.  That’s the only word to describe what has transpired in Haiti this week, and the pictures do not even do justice to the reality. All of us are haunted by the horrible images and descriptions coming out of that beleaguered country. Life was not going well there before the earthquake hit, and now … [...]