188. The Pathway of Praise

So, things are opening up, eh?  Here in my city the roads are busier and I am grateful.  Yes, I am grateful for traffic.  It is a sign of normality.  I did not like the silence.  The deserted streets, the closed businesses, the ghostly masked figures in the supermarket who avoids even eye contact were…

154. Miracles – inside and out.

We cannot help but feeling powerless when we talk about miracles.  It is a mysterious realm outside our control.  We have no authority to command the exceptional. We are, in a sense, “prisoners” of the laws of nature and the ordinary scheme of things.  We cannot “break out” and fix things in an extraordinary and uncommon…

38. Walls, pillars and gates.

The world is a dangerous place – no doubt. If it isn’t murder and robbery, it is terrorism and natural disasters. There is no guarantee for full security and safety. Most of us get into a car everyday for which the risk-statistics are frightening. If we should make a short analysis of the risk of…