The universe is more than mere matter in motion. It and we were brought into being by a Creator who seeks our good.

ISIS is a terrorist entity whose barbarities have been condemned by all those who value our common humanity. In the current political climate, when hate crimes are rising and political rhetoric is increasingly divisive, this is all the more shocking.

Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.

Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.

With wealth comes responsibility.

Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive; it can tell us about causes but it cannot tell us about purposes. Indeed, science disavows purposes.

While we can remember the past, we cannot write the future. Only our children, the future of our community, can do that.