Martin Luther King Day is observed in the United States of America on the third Monday of January each year. This year it fell on January 16. It is a day set aside to remember the life and legacy of one of America’s greatest moral heroes. For those of us who lived through those times …
Ideologism
Let’s go to Brazil and sit back to enjoy the brilliance of Playing for Change musicians – in this case, featuring Carlos Santana. The piece is “Oye cómo va”. It was written and recorded by Tito Puente and his orchestra in 1962. The name of the song is taken from its refrain: “Oye cómo va, …
Irony Season
Christmas is the ultimate irony, isn’t it? Christmas – the birthday of Christian history, two thousand years ago. And that world was so full of horror. An occupied country…a king so desperate to hold on to his crown that he ordered the slaughter of all male babies on the strength of the rumour that a …
Personal Boundaries and Why You Need Them
Do you ever feel as though people are constantly taking advantage of you or crossing your boundaries? If so, then it might be time to start setting some personal boundaries. Read more…
What’s up with the people?
From Verena Fink, Thessaloniki, Greece, 03/10/2022 Listen to, or read along with Verena… War in Ukraine, refugees all over the world, pushbacks everywhere in Europe, especially in my country, in Greece. The climate change became a serious climate crisis already years ago, plastic in the sea, in our food, in our bodies. People in Thessaloniki …
The Obsolete as Opportunity
Today, this first Monday in October, many workers in Australia return to their offices, virtually empty during the COVID period. Some organisations are allowing their workers to transition from working at home these last two years to working at the office three days and at home the other two. They are aware that many workers …
What foundation is needed for morality?
I have observed and been the subject of many discussions with members of theist religions (that is, those who believe in a god of some sort) about what foundation is needed for morality. Theists typically argue that without belief in a god, there can be no foundation for morality. Those who do not believe in …
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The End and/or the Beginning
‘We are not living through an era of change, but a change of era’. Pope Francis Philosopher Antonio Gramsci would add that we are living through an inter-regnum – a time between (inter-) reigning (regnum) – a time when there is no consensus. On the one hand we struggle with the consequences of wrong or …
Liellie’s Hopes for 2022
Liellie McLaughlan is a person with a passion for including and encouraging new arrivals to Adelaide. Maybe that is because she has first hand experience of apartheid in South Africa, and has developed the skill of seeing every person as a unique and valuable human being. I first met Liellie a few years ago, when …
Why I blog.
This week a number of folk subscribed to rootandbranches.org One was a young Muslim woman from Egypt, who writes thoughts and quotations that inspire and motivate. (https://www.lifehayat.com). I have written back to her to find out how we might share a mutual connection. Another was from a doctor who offers a self-help website, no doubt …