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	The Greatest Miracle of All by Jack Wellman There are miracles that are far greater than the parting the Red Sea (or Reed Sea as some scholars and archaeologists claim), more awesome than making the Sun stand still, more earth shattering than the Walls of Jericho falling. It is the miracle
	A Freed Voice in the Wilderness by Leah Sellers All pride aside. A Moment of Clarity, some would call weakness - self-pity. Perhaps, it is - perhaps, it isn’t. The Moment is here, nonetheless.The Clarity? I See how differently people View me (perceive me, react to me) i
	Left-handiness issues by Thanos Kalamidas Left handed my self and victim of bulling even from teachers when I was young – 60s was not always sex and drugs and rock & roll. As a result even though I do everything with my left hand I write with my right thanks to “progres

	Interpretation by David Sparenberg And he said, “There be some standing here which shall not taste of death” (for death shall not come in bitterness, nor cast his shadow on the face in familiar forms of fear) “till they see” (for the soul is seeing, is a gra
	The Dark Side of the Universe by Jack Wellman When other boys were reading comic books, and some (if they got lucky) a National Geographic, if done nonchalantly and without blushing cheeks. But as for me, I have never gotten over the ask-itis that I have had since a child. I would instead
	"Endless and Eternal" by David Barger The Day in all her beautyFavored the NightWith his calm collectedAtmospheric nature.Overall she liked the wayHe presented himself;How with only his touchHe could set everyone’sMin
	"Crucified Children" by David Sparenberg After a long silence, the women answered: "The most important thing that anyone could do would be to help collect the bodies that line the streets in front of our homes every morning. No one dares to touch them, but for us it is
	"Not Fluent In Bird Language" by David Barger Spring envelops the harshness of winterCollecting its place among sprouting stemsEncouraging small flowers to take growthGently nudging twigs to open their buds,And life begins with no remembranceOf the
	Dragon My Kindred by David Sparenberg “The Universe is a Green Dragon.” -Brian Swimme Something of beauty moved above me. Yet when I looked, it was my shadow soaring in the sky. Who can tell me what this mystery is?
	Space is the Final Frontier, or maybe Simplicity is the Final Frontier by Linda Lane Hi Dad,One day at our favorite little coffee s
	Senses and Sensibilities: Changing Perceptions by Saberi Roy Sense perceptions are probably the most important condition of being alive as we live because we perceive and vice versa. ‘Living is perceiving’ and perceiving provides awareness of the state of the world around us and the senses form
	Think not! by Jack Wellman The recent report by the National Academy of Sciences and its Institute of Medicine almost demands that evolution alone should be taught as the explanation of life. It does not address the origin of matter which makes life possible. But some advoc
	Paper Tiger by Valerie Sartor I am a woman who is easily duped. Moving to Beijing drilled this character defect into me after months of being tricked, cheated and laughed at by my Chinese landlord. It all started when I came to Beijing, China's capital city, late last sum
	My Cancer and The Others by Thanos Kalamidas If I'd written about World Cancer Day a few years ago it would have been quite different from my thoughts today and I would have definitely focused more upon the stats and the warnings. I would definitely have overlooked the human part, but
	Is there a way we can become immortals? by Joseph Gatt I remember a case when an old man put his dead wife in a freezer instead of burying her. He thought science would one day be able to resuscitate her. That sparked a debate concerning whether or not we could one day become immortals.
	Killing with Kindness by Jan Sand There is currently a debate in the US Supreme Court on the best way to kill people condemned to death. There are those that propose that death sentences are, by their very nature, cruel and there is no way to mitigate the ultimate goal. Legal syst
	Life Was Never So Fearful by Abdulhadi Hairan \'Life is precious\'. This is what I have heard and read my whole life. Of course, every human being should be respected and every life should be saved. But then came this era of terror in which the human life is not considered worth of anythin
	Why? by Alexandra Pereira Why do these things happen, why is life so unfair, why do people we love and ourselves do shit, why we can't cover it, why it hurts, why, why, why? Why we can't help that our loved ones suffer, why we hurt them ourselv
	Gang bangers by Richard Berman When I was at school over 12 years ago there were many kids that used to hang around together in groups of 10 or 20 around the southwest of London where I was brought up. My school was safe and we never had any problems, only a few old ladies who
	Fat or thin by Richard Berman There is so much information out these days about how to make yourself look good, so many products that you can buy to get your weight down, so why are there still problems of people dying from being obese?I have always been a
	I don't feel like dancing by Richard Berman Music has changed throughout the years, but at the same time the oldies are still alive, and played at the local disco on a nightly basis. This week sees Dancing We
	Evolution of Memes by Jan Sand Way back when our prime common forbear lounged in a tide pool of tepid water, this blob of snot became upset by the windy to and fro that whacked it repeatedly and decided to hang onto a good sized pebble to fend off whatever dizziness it was capa
	Generalities by Jan Sand There are some statements that shoot themselves in the foot, such as: “This sentence is a lie.” If it is, it isn’t and if it isn’t, it is. Another is: “All generalities are false including this one.” However, a
	Jane of Thought: A teeny-tiny feeling by Jane Eagle Every now and then I’m seized with an overwhelming urge to write, so I sit before my laptop screen, take a sip of my hot tea, my refreshing juice, my anything, set my fingers in motion and that’s when it hits me: I can’t think of
	Garages, Wozniak and my son by Jan Sand Just the other day I heard an interview with Steve Wozniak on a National Public Radio Science Friday broadcast. He and Steve Jobs were the two Steves that innocently slipped that tiny wedge under civilization around
	The Tinker Bell effect by Jan Sand The dreams of centuries ranging from the old tale of Daedalus and Icarus through the efforts of DaVinci, Cayley, Stringfellow, Lilienthal and finally, the Wright Brothers is routinely realized today as thousands of huge gleaming metal monsters, we
	Rob Jenkinson's Letters from America #2 by Rob Jenkinson Well summer is finally here in the Midwest USA. It took a couple of false starts, but we’re finally here. A few things have surprised me about the Am
	$1 million lesson! by F. A. Hutchison A recent title to an editorial in 'China Daily,' probably the most widely read English-speaking publication in China: 'As we get wealthier, do we get happier?' I read the editorial (in the February 11-12th edi