Came across a remarkable article today, Giving Something Each Day May Keep the Doctor Away.
www.prweb.com/releases/20...b1149654.htm

The piece is about the origins of the website (and challenge), 29gifts.org
www.29gifts.org/index.html

It's a noble effort and a good reminder of what's important in life, especially in this age of Consumerism. Check it out, I think it will put a smile on your face (which is my official gift on the first day of my taking up the challe... read more

Just one example of many, this quote is from an article by Rabbi David Cooper from an article in Parabola magazine:

"Many of these teachings, nonetheless, were revealed publicly in the Zohar, the Book of Splendor, published around 1300 C.E. The Zohar teaches for all to see that the initial Hebrew words of the Bible, Bereshit bara Elohim, have, in fact, two contradictory translations. One way to translate the opening line, as described above, is to treat the word Elohim, one of many Heb... read more

You have to love the British! There's a big ta-do over an offensive depiction of the Buddha in a Norwich gallery, which you can read about here:
www.ananova.com/news/story...535862.html

Whether you think the piece is offensive or not, I find it more telling that the complaints were about the Buddha with a fruity phallus, and not the, "Christ crucified on the back of a flying bomber and Hindu god Ganesh sitting beneath a Nazi helmet." Not sure what that... read more