PinnedOne Step PrayerWhen the body fails to perform as it should (or as we would like) it can be terrifying: as if a friend turns away from us. Our way of…Jan 1320Jan 1320
Revolutionary PrayerA woman’s nephew had been kidnapped. She joined with her devout family to pray intensely for his safety. They felt if they bombarded…Mar 138Mar 138
The Last DropAs I watched the last drop of my chemo cocktail therapy drop into the tube and flow into my arm I felt relief. I’d run the course. But it…Feb 2215Feb 2215
Polar OppositesThe Presidential Inauguration in January 2025 was disrupted by fire and high winds on the American West coast and snow and ice on the East…Feb 88Feb 88
CatherineLarge institutions easily become de-humanised. You can be made to feel like a FedEx package lost in a self-complicating global system…Jan 284Jan 284
Rothko’s Vast IntimacyI am not a zen Buddhist. I am not interested in any civilisation except this one. The whole problem of art is how to establish human values…Jan 256Jan 256
A Thousand Shades of HumourThere are a thousand shades of humour and the more of them we understand the better. I am wondering if a healthy sense of humour isn’t…Jan 144Jan 144
Night ChapelMost of the patients have gone home for Christmas already. The ones remaining seem confined to their room. As the hospital day winds down…Jan 910Jan 910
The Window CleanersThey arrived on the dot of eight. A group of young Mexicans, polite and high-spirited, were organised by their boss to clean the windows…Jan 65Jan 65
