Taking charge of feelings so they don't rule your lifeTijn Touber | March 2006 issueScreams, curses and lamentations… That was what was coming out of Jill's mouth. For 15 solid minutes she made clear to me that no one understood her and that her life was unbearably difficult. She was furious with Read More...
"a year should have 13 months"
Marco Visscher |March 2005 issue
What’s wrong with a 12-month year?
“Our current calendar is completely absurd. It was conceived by a caste of male priests who were looking for an instrument to ensure we’d pay our taxes on time. The word ‘calendar’ stems Read More...
We should stop debating
Macro Visscher | March 2006
WHAT’S WRONG WITH DEBATING?Thomas Benedict: “In a debate, reason is misused in order to defeat the other person. Literally. Just look at the origin of the word. De is ‘to the utmost’; bat is ‘beat.’ You see it in words like battle and Read More...
What happened when Jay Hammond started thinking of other ways to share the gifts of nature Peter Barnes | March 2006 issue
When former governor Jay Hammond, who died last August, became involved in Alaska politics in the sixties, he lived in the treeless, windswept fishing village of Naknek. He had Read More...
Jurriaan Kamp | June 2005 issue
Are human beings intuitively aware of future events? Stories constantly circulate about people suddenly deciding to take another route home, thus avoiding disaster. Or those who seek contact with a loved one just when that loved one is in danger. Is that intuition? Read More...
The new idea of ecological debt rearranges relations between the global South and North
Marco Visscher | Jan/Feb 2005 issue
The amount Ethiopia pays towards its debt to international lending institutions is four times the amount it spends on health care. In order to meet their debt and interest Read More...
Author of the international bestseller Conversations with God, Neale Donald Walsch reflects upon God's role in our lives and what we can do to make a better world.
Tijn Touber | March 2006 issue
One dark night back in 1992, Neale Donald Walsch sat down and wrote a letter full of self-pity to God. Read More...
A small sampling of the numerous chemical substances found in our bodies
Marco Visscher | November 2005 issue
• Alkylphenols. Emulsifier added to pesticides and solvents. Notorious for disrupting hormone balance. When fish were exposed to these substances, sex changes resulted; in mice the Read More...