In a culture where the possibility of wealth and the acquisition of things is so defining of success, we end up pursuing things that, even if we are successful, can never deliver what we envisioned they would. The reason riches become such a snare is because we end up evaluating life in mercenary terms and being seen by others in such terms, and life is just not so.

But life's joys are only joys if they can be shared.

The ultimate test of any civilization is how we treat the most vulnerable... what we do to our children. Our world has lost its direction.

How have we come to a place in society where millions of babies can be slaughtered and disposed of in the name of progress? Shocking but real.

History is a grim reminder of what happens to those who think they have no law but themselves.

Jesus resisted the temptation of outrage and the quick fix of condemnation. He spent most of his time preparing wineskins before pouring new wine into them. Our tendency is to start pouring the wine into skins that will only burst.

Truth has been relegated to subjectivity; beauty has been subjugated to the beholder; and as millions are idiotized night after night, a global commune has been constructed with the arts enjoying a totalitarian rule.