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ATTENDED the annual city-wide Racial Justice Sunday service in St Philip's Cathedral.Read

Be mindful and keep aware of your duties

THE definition of "mindful" is keeping aware of your duties, a simple task but all too often hard to achieve despite our greatest efforts. Read

Meeting of faiths and a sacred text

ON SEPTEMBER 25 to 28 in Nanded, India, Sikhs will hold an International Interfaith Conference, spreading the message of Guru Granth Sahib Ji.Read

Examining the roots of conviction

I THINK it is always good to look back at one's mental journey, the questions, the doubts, the reasoning that led to one's beliefs, convictions and developed a character that one represents.Read

Janmasthmi - birth of Lord Krishna

KRISHNA Janmasthmi is observed on the eight day of the month of Shravan in the Hindu calander, which will fall on August 24, 2008.Read

Why we fast in Ramadan

HUMANS are afraid of whatever they cannot comprehend or do not have sufficient knowledge of.Read

Consequences of butterfly effect

SOMETIMES, small actions can have unforeseen consequences.Read

A glimpse of heaven on earth

MOST of you will know the phrase in the Lord's Prayer that says: "Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."Read

The alchemy of wealth generation

THE generation of wealth is an age old human aspiration going back to the quest of the alchemist whose hypothetical science sought 'paras,' the philosopher's stone, to instantaneously turn base metals into gold. Read

How we can learn to live together

IF WE are to live together differently, where do we begin?Read

Why we don't go out in the rain

TOMORROW, the Dhamma Talaka Peace Pagoda in Osler Street Ladywood will be celebrating its 10th anniversary and the start of the Full Moon of Waso.Read

Would we heed divine warnings

See how they lie against their own souls, what they concoct has led them astray" 6:24 The Quraan.Read

Responsibility rests with the educators

WHO are the teachers and educators?Read

Our wealth of choices

YOU cannot serve God and wealth - these are Jesus' words recorded in one of the Christian scripture texts set for reading today.Read

Our duty to respect our environment

WOULD like to share some reflections of Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia, spiritual successor and chairman of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha, Birmingham on the subject of the environment, which is so very topical these days.Read

Hardest rule to follow

THIS coming Monday and Tuesday the Jewish community will be celebrating the festival of the Harvest, known in Hebrew as Shavout.Read

Home where it all begins

CHRISTIANS who have their roots in Africa and the Caribbean come from historic cultures that cherish the extended family as the social and spiritual space where children grow up being loved and nurtured.Read

We need to be understanding

WE'VE all heard of globalisation.Read

The local face of a global movement

TOMORROW is Whitsun, now often called Pentecost, the day on which the church remembers how the first followers of Jesus were filled with the Holy Spirit.Read

Sign love will overcome evil

THIS week, on Wednesday, we marked the Feast of St George, the traditional patron saint of England.Read