Background: To the question, “How do we make decisions in life?”, most people would likely respond with the outlook prevalent in the news media – that we are rational beings and use our human reason to make sensible life decisions.  They might also say that human...

Background: Many friends have stopped reading or watching what is presented as “news”, as the term “infotainment” more accurately describes the news media now.  It appears to aim at creating sensationalist entertainment,  or pushing a particular political view, rather...

Background: The hit song, “Alfie”, released in 1966 by Cilla Black in the UK, had as it’s main recurring question, “What’s it all about?” The lyrics (below) have a number of questions flowing from that one basic question.  Other variations on the question might...

Background: Many years ago, as a young man in a new church, I was in a group that was invited to offer consolation to a young mother.  She was looking for answers to why her baby, less than a year old, had just died. I listened to what the older, established members...

Background: There is a painting by the French artist Paul Gauguin which has the longest and most interesting title that I know of, consisting of three questions. The painting doesn't give any answers to those ultimate questions of life. But neither does our modern...