I enjoy noticing the icons chosen by posters in this almost place. The sketch of a dove with olive branch chosen by waterfall has led to some thoughts.

A friend of mine, at Saint Thomas University, in Fredericton, NB, shared with me a concept she called "Two Winged Flying". She is a Sociologist who researches the process of aging. She used this phrase in a conversation about gender balance. Her insight pointed to the problem of male dominance grounded in diverse religious and social understandings, which she characterized as one winged flying.

As a man thinks so shall he be.  If we truly come from God and the creative universe then we too are creators like God.  However, if what we envision can be manifested simply through intention and will, then why can we not create peace? Personally, I think that desire and will alone are not adequate to create a thing in our lives.  A state of readiness must also accompany it.  The lightbulb could not have been invented in the 12th century because the ability to harness electricity, blow glass into a bulb shape, understand the excitability of electrons in their valen

We need change.

Do you care if I am Hindi, Protestant, Catholic, Jew or gentile?

Does it make a difference in your life if I go to a church, a temple or a Mosque?

Does it affect you if I am non religious? Does it make a difference in your life?

 As a Christian I am given this "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind and you shall love your neighbour as yourself"