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Meat: to eat or not to eat?
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 6/20/2012 Meat: An Ethical Challenge for Theologians Call for Submissions Last month the New York Times Magazine ran a contest inviting essayists to argue for eating meat. According to Ariel Kaminer, the Times’ Ethicist, the five contest judges are […]
The Mental Health of Australians
In sickness and in health June 10, 2012 Andrew Tierney’s depression was written off as teen angst until he attempted suicide six years ago. Son Andrew, left, has also been diagnosed with a mental health problem. Photo: Craig Sillitoe More and more Australians are being diagnosed with a mental illness. Are we pathologising normal states […]
Suicide: how and where to get help
Are you ill? It is important to decide whether you are just sad or whether you are suffering from depression. For example, it is appropriate to be sad or to grieve the death of a friend or relative. This is a normal reaction to a circumstance and should not be confused with depression. Sadness and […]
Youth Criminal Offenders
Listened to a talk by an experienced Victorian YOUTH JUSTICE OFFICER. Some of his wisdom: * Fewer than 1% of young people (10-18) have a negative encounter with the police (2% couple of decades ago). Also fewer offences, but they’re more serious – crimes of violence are increasing, most of them unprovoked. Reason? Hollywood (graphic […]
Friends
Every day – at the same time – she waits for him… He comes… and they go for a walk. Wouldn’t it be great if we all had friends like this…no words needed…they just intuitively recognize the value of each other in their lives and act accordingly.
‘She did not leave the airplane, the airplane left her.’ An Amazing Story of a woman who fell from the sky – and survived!
Sole survivor: the woman who fell to earth In 1971 Juliane Koepcke survived a plane crash in the Peruvian jungle. Only now can she bear to tell the full story, in her memoir When I Fell from the Sky Juliane Koepcke revisited the crash site in 1998 for Werner Herzog ¢â‚¬â„¢s documentary Wings of Hope By […]
Marriage Equality: What is a ‘Family’?
Truth is the forgotten family value George Monbiot May 16, 2012 Cultural conservatives’ moral concerns about marriage are based on a view of history that is almost entirely false. ‘THROUGHOUT history and in virtually all human societies marriage has always been the union of a man and a woman.” So says the Coalition for Marriage, […]
Do Yourself a Favour: Love your Wife!
A simple exhortation from a friend which should be noted by us married males – every day!!! Keep on loving your wives and do not be bitterly angry with them. ¢â‚¬”Col. 3:19. It is easy to underestimate the impact that our words, facial expressions, and body language have on others. Some men, for example, may not […]
Anne Lamott quotes
I like these… ¢â‚¬Å“You will lose someone you can ¢â‚¬â„¢t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn ¢â‚¬â„¢t seal back up. And you come […]
Niceness in your genes?
Born to be mild? ‘Niceness gene’ makes some people kinder – and those who lack it are tight-fisted, selfish and cruel Gene dictates function of ‘cuddle hormone’ Overrules ‘learned’ attitudes about the world People with gene more likely to help others By ROB WAUGH 12 April 2012 Angel or devil? Scientists think that a gene […]
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