A meal, however simple, is a moment of intersection. It is at once the most basic, the most fundamental, of our life's activities, maintaining the life of our bodies; shared with others it can be an occasion of joy and communion, uniting people deeply.

Storytelling bridges the generational gaps in ideology.

A meal, however simple, is a moment of intersection. It is at once the most basic, the most fundamental, of our life's activities, maintaining the life of our bodies; shared with others it can be an occasion of joy and communion, uniting people deeply.

Fasting and feasting are universal human responses, and any meal, shared with love, can be an agape.

Why is it that we are born remembering, and live forgetting?

The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.

War is not inherent in human beings. We learn war and we learn peace. The culture of peace is something which is learned, just as violence is learned and war culture is learned.