by Lois Carlson
After dinner tonight I asked my husband if he’d like some fresh grapefruit for dessert. Somehow peeling off the skin, carefully removing the membranes, and presenting a perfectly formed section of grapefruit is very calming and satisfying to me.
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Have you heard the story about two men in a fishing boat? One of the men bends over and starts to drill a hole in the bottom of the little craft. The other looks at him and says, “What are you doing? You’re going to sink our boat!” The other replies, “Oh, don’t worry about it. The hole is on my half of the boat.”
by Ron Ballard
Campaigns generate a good deal of expectation and hope. I’ve been involved in quite a few where candidates connect with the aspirations and desires of the electorate. And certainly a fresh perspective and commitment to action often lifts the body politic from unintended habits and ruts and just plain mistaken approaches. But I’ve found that there is a more basic yearning that underlies political fervor—a yearning for righteous government.
Science vs. religion. Is it really versus???
There’s a long stretch of beach near my house where I love to walk. I stride with one leg solidly scientific—looking for understandable cause and effect, consistent principles and laws. The other leg—my religious leanings—keeps comfortable pace alongside it.
The biggest story of our time is not the financial crisis, as serious as it is, or the presidential election, as all-consuming as it may be right now. It’s something more profound, far-reaching—and closer to home for each one of us. And it has to do with that persistent hunger for something more in life. Something more substantial than your bank account, more dependable than stocks, more satisfying than pizza or partying or the perfect career. There’s no perfect way to describe it but the word that comes closest may be spirituality. We know it’s there somewhere and most of us want to feel more of it in our lives. So where do we start?
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