Tag: Faith

Anthony de Mello Life Story Overview Anthony de Mello was an Indian psychotherapist and Jesuit priest. He was also a public speaker, writer, and spiritual...

A Golden Half Calf - By Rabbi Allen S. Maller Everyone was worried that something bad happened to Moses. He had gone up on Mount...

Samuel Segal, the Regal Bald Eagle by Rabbi Allen S. Maller Samuel Segal is a bald eagle. Samuel Segal is very regal. ...

"Tough day?" "No, just taking a quick break." The two Beings of Light reclined at the bar, musing at the human soul below who glared back...

Have you ever found a treasure?, I once asked my father. He smiled a big smile and told me this story. That was many years ago and I have never forgotten it....

Ten centuries ago, the Pope decided that all the Muslims had to leave Jerusalem. Naturally there was a big uproar from the Muslim community. So the Pope made a deal. He would have a religious debate with a member of the Muslim community. If the Muslim won the debate, all the Muslims could stay. If the Pope won, all the Muslims would have to leave. The Muslims realised that they had no choice...

Have you ever found a treasure?, I once asked my father. He smiled a big smile and told me this story. That was many years ago and I have never forgotten it. Once when I was about ten years old my father told me, I went treasure hunting with my older sister...

Once there lived a metalworker, a locksmith, who was unjustly accused of crimes and was sentenced to a deep, dark prison. After he had been there awhile, his wife who loved him very much went to the King and beseeched him that she might at least give him a prayer rug so he could observe his five prostrations every day. The King considered that a lawful request, so he...

There was a small boy, who had to go to attend his school (in ancient times) to a distant place on foot. A forest comes on the way to school. Since the boy was going alone, he was scared to cross the forest. One day he told to his mother about his fear. His mother told him that he has a cousin named Kanha (one of the popular name of Lord Krishna In India) who herds the cattle in the forest, and advised the boy to shout his name Kanha... Kanha, and to cross the forest without fear...

Once upon a time a king went out to hunt on a very warm day in the Fall of 2007*. After a few hours he felt very hot and tired, so he decided to stop for lunch. His servants unpacked a large picnic basket they had brought with them and set up a table. Now the king didn't want to eat together with his servants, nor did he want to eat alone. The king told one of his servants to find someone to come and eat lunch with the king. The servant walked to a nearby road, saw two 13-year-old boys...