I have a friend who, every time he sees a whale, texts me, saying, “I JUST SAW A WHALE!!!” That might not seem like much, but I live by the Humpback Highway, where thousands of whales pass each year to warmer waters. Keep your eyes on the horizon for five minutes, and you’re bound to see one brea...
The Queen of England, Elizabeth II, called 1992 her annus horribilis (“horrible year”). I felt similarly about the year 2006. Early in the year, the language school where I was teaching closed its doors. While I lost my job, I gained a granddaughter. She was shipped down to me due to a crisis a...
The highest goal of music, Pythagoras apparently claimed, is to connect one’s soul to one’s divine nature, not entertainment. It is hard to find out exactly what this philosopher did and didn’t say, invent, or theorise 2,500 years ago, but he is credited with many things. And while we may disagre...
Forty-nine graduates of the nursing program at Antillean Adventist University (AAU), in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, an institution operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, were recently recruited by the AdventHealth Systems in Florida, thanks to a recent collaboration agreement. Nursing graduat...
The singing evangelist who founded Breath of Life Ministries passed away on June 26, at age 80.
A group of young people address homelessness in St. Louis