by Guy Sayles | May 16, 2013 | Opinion
There are things we can’t know instantly or do easily. We have to grow into them. Our capacities have to develop and our abilities have to expand. Quite often, practice and experience often precede skill or wisdom. You don’t start playing golf at Augusta...
by Guy Sayles | May 9, 2013 | Opinion
“My church is just like family to me,” the middle-aged man said. “I feel closer to the people in our church than I do to my own brothers and sisters. I just don’t know what I’d do without them.” A lot of people use family language...
by Guy Sayles | Apr 8, 2013 | Opinion
There is something in us – something sacred, I believe – which recoils from the idea that the universe is its own explanation, that our existence here is a happy but meaningless stroke of cosmic luck, and that there is no Artist, no Designer and no Life-Giver behind,...
by Guy Sayles | Mar 14, 2013 | Opinion
What does money mean to you? For many of us, I think, money means safety and security. We depend on money to feed us, clothe us, house us, provide medical care for us, transport us and educate us. Money puts gates around our neighborhoods, fences around our yards,...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 13, 2013 | Opinion
Consider the hours we spend on food and drink: going to the grocery store, perusing cookbooks and magazines for recipes, being sure the kids have lunch money, grabbing a bottle of water on the way to work, and stopping midmorning for a coffee break. We eat and drink...
