Do you listen when people speak? Are you hearing what they say or just waiting to speak? Can you understand the message that they bring? Do you even care what they say. Or are you telling yourself that they're saying the same old thing, this way you don't feel guilty when you haven't heard a thing. ...

Comment is Free today published my piece on Chas. Freeman’s withdrawal.  I wanted to expand on a few points in it.  The NY Times characterizes Aipac’s Josh Block as saying the following about the group’s involvement in the anti-Freeman campaign: Joshua Block, a spokesman for the ...

Communication. Community. Commerce. These words share ancient Latin linguistic roots, and they all indicate some sort of coming together. War has been described variously as a breakdown of one or all of them.  The mainstream media typically portray the Middle East as a desert of war, but scattered ...

The Israel lobby and Republican neocons have scored their first triumph of the Obama administration by derailing the appointment of Chas. Freeman as director of the National Intelligence Council. The next time anyone qvells about how moderate a Republican Olympia Snowe is just remember that it was p...

Despite being engaged in a war in Afghanistan, what President Obama has termed the “central front” in our war on terror (or our hissy fit on terror as it is shaping up with this administration), the administration is pressing ahead with cuts in the defense budget. It is clear that the de...

By The Pope is due to visit Israel in May, along with 40,000 Christian pilgrims, to walk where Jesus is said to have walked, according to UPI. The trip was formally announced yesterday and details the Benedict's planned itinerary to visit Amman in Jordan, Nazareth and Jerusalem in Israel, and Bethl...

"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,for He who promised is faithful."Hebrews 10: 23 Not one of us has the power to save or justify himself. Each one of us is completely dependent on God's mercy and grace. It is imperative that we trust in the God Who wants to save us (1 Tim...

The president will withdraw 12,000 troops from Iraq over the next six months, but where will he send them? Back to America? Ski trip to Aspen? Or perhaps he’ll just airlift the veterans to Afghanistan, where a similar number of reinforcements has been promised over a similar period. Here’...

Many years ago, I went through inner healing with a spiritual director to rid myself of a block in my spiritual life – unforgiveness. I wanted to grow spiritually, but was unable to due to this obstacle. I wanted to experience the fullness of God’s peace, which He gives so freely to those who op...

"Non, je ne regrette rien" As I am writing this morning and listening to the songs of the "little sparrow" - Edith Piaf - my mind starts drifting back over my life. Can't think of a better place to reflect on life's 'regrets' than Turkey Hollow. With Spring encroa...