Little by little
“Wir schaffen das!†“We can do this!†Chancellor Merkel was calmly telling her fellow citizens in a news conference in August 2015 that Germany could welcome...
30.10.2016
13:10
23.10.2016
5:17
Inheritors of the earth
Early in the long running saga of the US Presidential election Donald Trump told us; “Humility...
16.10.2016
11:26
She kept on coming
Spotlight is a gripping film about an investigation into a cover up by the Boston (USA)...
2.10.2016
11:53
Aleppo is bleeding
We are sitting at the bedside of Aleppo. A part of the city is slowly dying...
26.8.2016
5:45
Invite the poor
Jesus says at one point, “When you have a celebration, invite the poor…†It is one...
31.7.2016
10:41
Build bigger barns
It often happens. I look for a book on my shelf and it isn’t there. Or...
3.7.2016
12:40
A rich harvest
In 1883 a French painter, Claude Monet, planted lilies in his water pond at Giverny. He...
12.6.2016
11:28
At his feet, weeping
“The ever increasing clash between the sacred and secular is slowly pulling European society apart.†These...
4.6.2016
12:14
He handed the boy to his mother
I have friends in Dublin who have a picture in their entrance way of a dying...
30.5.2016
6:38
Stretch beyond my grasp
I was astonished yesterday to hear the BBC Outlook account of the South African who fell...
21.5.2016
10:49
Nature abhors a vacuum
I accompanied the Gonzo family to the airport to see their daughter off. We said our...
15.5.2016
13:14
The girl with a pearl earring
In 1665, Johannes Vermeer painted A Girl with a Pearl Earring. The girl looks over her...
9.5.2016
14:58
He withdrew from them
Around the year 30, in what we now call the Christian era, a small group of...
