Today's Tower of Babel
posted: 4 Jan 2010 comments: 1category:
I felt a touch of history repeating itself today as I read in the news about the world's tallest building being opened today. It stands at 828 metres and has cost 1.5 billion dollars to build. So what makes us wish to build higher and higher. I guess there is a human desire to stretch the boundries of technology and to go one better than our neighbours.
The sad thing is that the whole Dubai economy has collapsed and one wonders if this building should be hailed as a...
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I've been thinking about rivers recently, well the truth is I think about the river everyday. My house looks out on the River Forth. The thing is the river never stays the same it changes everyday in life. I believe its such a great privilege to live so close to a river. There are so many exciting analogies about tour spiritual life , to be learned from a river. Here's a picture of the River Tweed in full flow this afternoon, Monday 7th September.
A couple of...
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My friends Wilfred and Shanti Davidar took us out for dinner the other evening. We ended up at JCs Cafe in Chennai. Its actually quite a cool place. It was also quite busy. It is run by a Christian businessman, who is seeking to reach out to a group of people who are seeking to engage with spiritual ideas. It is a place where people of different faiths and no faith frequent, because they enjoy the ambiance. I actually think it could be a brilliant place to promote and...