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There is a kind of tribalism in us all which can make us feel uneasy, even threatened at times by difference. But our prejudices often tell us more about ourselves than we would like to admit. When the Quran says we have made you into nations and tri
To be compassionate is, if we take the word to bits, to suffer with another, to feel their suffering almost as if it is our own. So someone can work hard to relieve suffering, and be highly skilled in doing so, without thereby exhibiting compassion -
In the front gardens, even in the rain, I notice the first signs of spring and the greyness of winter giving way to small yellow white and purple flowers. Spring is rising in all the animals which include us humans. So we smile good mornings to our n
[00:01.27]Keep Your Fork紧握餐叉 [00:03.68]There was a woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness [00:09.28]and was given three months to live. [00:12.01]As she began getting her things in order, [00:14.84]she asked for her pastor to come t
[00:03.27]Commitment专心致志 [00:05.84]I will never forget what my old headmaster told me. [00:09.58] Normally when you are only 15 years of age [00:12.84]you do not remember most of the things that are preached by your teachers. [00:16.78] But, this
[00:00.73]Never Too Late to Become What You Want to Be 梦想终有成真时 [00:05.64]The first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady to us. [00:12.99]Why are you in college at such a young age? I asked later. [00:17.24]She jokingly repl
With Parliament in recess, we don't hear much from our political masters. 在国会休会期间,政治精英们没有发表太多言论, MP's, as well as many business leaders, are on holiday. 议员和商界领导正在度假。 I hope they have
Some of the parents I know with teenage children who use cannabis are fairly relaxed about what's happening. 在我认识的父母中,有些并不在意孩子吸食大麻。 It isn't doing any harm, one tells me, Alcohol's much worse. 这又没什么
In a pre-flight news conference in the summer of 1969 1969年夏天,在一次飞行前的新闻发布会上 Neil Armstrong said, I think we're going to the moon because it is in the nature of the human being to face challenges. 尼尔阿姆斯特朗说
Two weeks ago a young Christian girl, Rimsha Masih was detained in Pakistan near the capital Islamabad. 两周前,一名年轻的基督教女孩里姆沙马希赫在巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰马巴德附近被捕。 The girl who is in her early te
Whether we expand existing towns or build new cities it begs the question about how we build an environment that helps us live in harmony with each other and with the natural world, upon which we depend for our existence.The history of the earth told
The road to peace and reconciliation is a complex and painful process, whether in national or indeed individual conflicts. It involves the conquering of fear, the dealing with bitterness and outrage, and the building of trust. It can be supported or
The sight of a grown woman lying on the floor, her wrist pinned down by the foot of someone who was supposed to be caring for her was one of the more shocking images that emerged from Winterbourne View, the private hospital which was home to 44 peopl
When I'm sitting in the Multi-faith Centre at the Athlete's Village I can look around at the diverse representation of humanity I am with. 我坐在运动员村的宗教多元中心,环顾四周,看见了形形色色、各具代表的人。 We ar
You can become more fearful and protective of your lifestyle and your loved ones or you come to terms with the fact that open and tolerant societies will always come with their own risks. These societies flourish because we put our trust in people, i
The London Olympics has given us new vocabulary: ORNs and PRNs. Or as we've been hearing, Olympic Road Network and Paralympic Road Network. And as from today London commuters travelling along the Olympic network will have to beware of the 30 miles of
A former cabinet minister once infamously described the homeless as the people you step over when you're coming out of the opera. As reprehensible a joke as it is, his words are about to be thrown back at him, or rather sung back, by the kind of peop
Whatever happened to the silly season? 今年的新闻饥荒期是怎么回事? You know, that time of the year when the wisdom of the 1st century poet Horace is adopted by news editors, 新闻饥荒期,众所周知,就是每年记者们对公元
Risk is endemic in human affairs. To say to someone I love you or to say in church I believe can never be risk-free undertakings. They are to make investments in things that are not fully under one's control. The other person may not love you back. T
I was attending a workshop on women and violence. One told her story. She was 18 and visiting a farm with her boyfriend. Alone together, they had sex even though she didn't want to. Guilt-ridden, humiliated and demeaned, why didn't she report it? Bec