Columns

Electoral politics and the quest for long-term change

Aug 21, 2014

After what has happened in Selangor, some might be feeling disillusioned with politics and politicians as tools for bringing about change.
The law of karma

Aug 14, 2014

In 1991 Hollywood produced a comedy entitled, City Slickers, starring Billy Crystal. In a quirky way it was a wonderfully moral film, focusing on three, middle-aged men from New York City who were dealing with midlife crisis.
Searching for the right fuel

Aug 07, 2014

Sometimes everything can seem right on the surface while, deep down, nothing is right at all. We see this, for example, in the famous parable in the gospels about the Prodigal Son and his Older Brother.
Drowning out hatred and extremism with the language of love and compassion

Aug 07, 2014

As I write this, Israel has declared a seven-hour unilateral truce in Gaza.
Suicide – Reclaiming the Memory of our Loved One

Jul 31, 2014

Each year I write a column on suicide. Mostly I say the same thing over and over again, simply because it needs to be said.
A visit from the goddess of night

Jul 24, 2014

There are few more insightful studies into the spirituality of aging than the late James Hillman’s book, The Force of Character.
Pope says economy must fight ‘throwaway culture’

Jul 24, 2014

Pope Francis had lunch with participants in an international economics seminar on Saturday, saying their efforts to bring the human being to the very centre of the economy avoids a “throwaway culture.”
Disciples with many faces

Jul 17, 2014

In a new book entitled, Jesus of Nazareth, famed German scripture- scholar, Gerhard Lohfink, describes how people in the gospels relate to Jesus in different ways.
Why should the meek inherit pollution, conflict – and the costs of the World Cup?

Jul 17, 2014

Some news you may not have heard in the corporate-controlled media: The United Nations has voted to come up with an international, legally binding instrument that would seek to outlaw human rights abuses committed by transnational corporations (TNCs).
Robert Moore on human energy

Jul 11, 2014

Few thinkers have influenced me as profoundly as Robert L. Moore. Who is he? He’s a scholar who has spent almost 50 years studying human energy from the perspective of psychology, anthropology, and spirituality.