The past few weeks in our office have been very intense with final preparations for the HOPE•II congress starting next Monday. Weekly Word has been hedged out by printer’s and other deadlines. However, those registered for the congress have for…
As we approach Easter, one of the greatest musical works ever composed will be performed by countless choirs and orchestras to sold-out audiences in churches and concert halls across Europe. For the performance of Johan Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion…
It’s kind of like a spiritual chaos theory. You burn a Koran in Florida and a violent storm erupts in Afghanistan, Pakistan or other Muslim lands. Or you publish a cartoon in Denmark, make a film in Holland or deliver…
One of my father’s books I brought back from New Zealand recently was a well-read and tattered volume he inherited fom his own father. I remember as a kid seeing the title in the family bookcase but doubt if I…
The unprecedented uprisings across North Africa demonstrate the power of the new media like Twitter, Facebook and other social networks. The unrest has swept a wave of anxiety through non-democratic governments, causing them to shut down access to the new…