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Do we have to justify our spending to anyone? Most people would answer 鈥淣o鈥攎y money is mine, I earned it, and I can spend it any way I want!鈥� There are some people who consider themselves聽hedonists; hedonism is a school of thought which argues that p

鈥淎 poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression.

Musa. Moses. Moshe. Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) is known by many names amongst the Abrahamic religions. But regardless of what he is called, they all agree that he was a Prophet.

Over the weekend it was, as always, my privilege to publish some thoughts in Faith Forum under the title 鈥楩inding God is not as hard as you might think鈥�.

In past weeks I have taken part in some amazing events 鈥揵eing in an MS Team who won gold in a Dragon Boat festival, paddling across the Inner Harbour watching the sunset and eating ice cream from Fisherman鈥檚 Wharf, walking the Guru Nanak Peace Walk w

We [our society] are beginning a transition from a very heedless concern about environmental degradation to some future culture which will valorize conservation.

There is something in us that believes the status quo is, or ought to be, our birthright conditions for security and community. Regardless of culture or ethnicity human beings do not give up their birthrights easily.

Over the years, churches have skated by with stock welcome statements such as 鈥淎ll are welcome.鈥� Such statements were seen as enough to fend off criticism that they actively discriminate against different groups of people.

Scarcity thinking is crippling us both as faith communities and as residents in Victoria. We are afraid there is not enough to go around and things are not the way they used to be. Sometimes this is for good reason.

Join Ben Levinson on Thursday, September 5, 2019, 7 鈥� 9 pm at the opening reception for his exhibition of 鈥淪ynagogue Sketches of the Western World鈥� at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, Wings of Peace Gallery, 1461 Blanshard Street, Victoria V8W 2J3.