On possibly being a political junkie

Well, am I a political junkie? Certainly, I used to be one. That became apparent to me back during the closing phase of the 1992 US presidential campaign, when I was doing a lot of travel for Friends World Committee for Consultation. One of those trips, just before...

Struggle, surprise and sainthood

Time rushes by so fast at this time of year, what with Christmas looming on the horizon, that it would be easy to overlook two strange yet significant days earlier this month (November 2007). For Christians in the Catholic tradition, especially (but not only, I shall...