We've noticed that many people seem to want to form connections since the tragedy of September 11th last year. Even in everyday encounters when we're running errands, people want to talk more. ...

"Turbo props are ok. They won't hijack a turbo prop," my ex-boyfriend insisted as I squirmed and looked for more reasons not to fly to my upcoming family reunion four ...

Empty, desolate and dry. Although these are the words most commonly thought of when describing the desert, they only tell a small portion of the story.For much of the world the desert ...

Men and women of a certain age were simply unable to reach maturity without attending some social event that featured the soundtrack from the movie Grease, particularly that portion in which the phenomenon ...

You feel for Moses. He walks through the desert for forty years leading his Jewish people to the Promised Land, and in the end, he never gets to live there.Move the scene a few thousand ...

 I've been listening to the stories of young immigrants lately.To me they sound to me a lot like the classic tales of the spiritual journey of life. Not so religious really, but they are all ...

This Saturday I went back to my old apartment and finished packing my things to move them to my new apartment. Clothes, books, file folders, even an old computer. But there was something, actually someone, ...

I've never found the rosary particularly helpful to my prayer.Truth be told, most of the time when I pray, I use my own words. Having learned that prayer is conversation with God, ...

"I'll be right here." - E.T. to Elliot before blasting off for home"Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." -Jesus to his disciples, before blasting off for heavenSo E.T. is twenty ...

A country is a piece of land surrounded on all sides by boundaries, usually unnatural. -JOSEPH HELLERI just received an invitation to a wedding in India from ...