Sentinel Watch

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BALI is a beautiful Indonesian island, just one hour's flying time from the Australian mainland.
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Voting from the heart

As I read up on candidates' positions and ballot initiatives in preparation for elections in the United States, three scenes related to decision-making come to mind.
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The conference this month in Geneva, Switzerland, the Global Peace Initiative of Women Religious and Spiritual Leaders, marks an important step toward the world's acknowledgement of the qualities women have to offer in developing a more balanced perspective in the pursuit of peace.
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I am sure most of the cab drivers in Madrid are honest, but I got one who wasn't.
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A step into the new inevitable

For as far back as I can remember, I got at least one cold each winter, and sometimes several.
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From barriers to bridges

The Iran-Iraq War began in 1980, lasted eight years, and cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
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This is war

Don't get me wrong.
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Looking back, looking forward

One of the first people I spoke with on September 11 was a woman whose son Ben worked in the World Trade Center.
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Last Night one of our local teams advanced to the Little League World Series.
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For the good of the whole

Yogurt  is a staple at our house, but I recently learned that some of the cartons it comes in aren't being accepted at recycling centers.
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There are two very practical spiritual steps you can take when a child is missing:
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In the small-town high school I attended, the name Magellan didn't refer to Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition to sail around the world.