Silence is golden and offers a new dimension to those who take advantage of it in this busy world.
James Carroll the writer says: "We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things... but there are times when we stop. We sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper."
When was the last time you simply stopped and sat still taking in the stillness and enjoying the silence? Or at least the silence that
I have just attended a Fairtrade Initiative meeting. For any who are interested in buying Fairtrade products and getting major companies, Governments, schools etc to use Fairtrade products and in so doing helping Third World producers - giving them a fair price for their goods and a living wage, the IOM will have a principle one day event on Friday, March 10th - 10.00 a.m.-3.30 p.m.- during Fairtrade Fortnight at 44 Duke St., Douglas when a number of traders will be displaying their products. T
Today I read this about Billy Graham, the great Baptist preacher of our time. He is now over 85 years old and he has a message to us on faithfulness which I believe is relevant to all of us whether we are Christians or not.
He said:
"God I want to be faithful.
I want to be faithful to You.
I want to be faithful to my family.
I want to be faithful to my future family.
I want to be faithful to every friendship.
I want to be faithful to the calling on my life.
I want to be faithful a
