Positive Peace

A sentiment that Martin Luther King was fond of: "True peace is not merely the absence of some negative force, tension or war, it is the presence ...

Minding Our Own Business

We might have much peace, if we were of a mind not to concern ourselves with what others say and do, and which is none of our business. How can he long ...

God Never Gets Anxious

God ... "works always in tranquility." Fuss and feverishness, anxiety, intensity, intolerance, instability, pessimism and wobble, and every ...

A Still, Small Voice

It was an exasperating morning. Our phone rang constantly, I washed a contact lens down the drain, our dryer died, and our dog, Princess, sat on the deck ...

Leaving Yesterday Behind

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

Freedom from Religion

Edwin Gaustad, professor of history at the University of California, Riverside, asserted in 1985:

Some recent discussion has suggested that the founding ...

Truth First

Peace, if possible, but the truth at any rate.

Selfish Peace

Several years ago I knew a girl who had signed a contract to teach. In August she received another offer from a school closer to where she wanted to live. ...