When in a knotty discussion about the meaning of life, I sometimes say that I have two little characters sitting on my shoulders and muttering into my ears: one is a believer, the…
gudda [from the ancient word ghedh: to unite] 1 impulse to make the world better, to stand for values of humanity and justice; 2 becoming gudda: a process of self-transformation; 3…
I have quite severe cerebral palsy but I am determined and creative. Around the Christmas before last I was overdoing the struggle to get out of the bath and gradually lost the use…
Sixty murderers told me they didn’t want to kill – and then didn’t. There are several explanations for this, but only one is true. The obvious one is that they fooled me,…
The theme of Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) 2017, which was held at The High School, Rathgar in Dublin between 20-23 April, was a quotation from Mohandas Gandhi: ‘Live simply, so…
All species and the Earth itself have interdependent roles within Creation. Humankind is not the species to whom all others are subservient, but one among many. All parts, all…
‘In praying Thy Kingdom Come we all commit to playing our part in the renewal of the nations and the transformation of communities.’ Justin Welby
The USA entered the first world war on 6 April 1917 when Congress, in response to a proposal by president Woodrow Wilson, voted to declare war on Germany. He had asked Congress to…
There is a great spiritual poverty in the world today, especially in the Western world. This, it could be argued, began with the decline of the main Western religion, Christianity.…
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