Dysfunctional families are like the prisoners in Plato’s cave in that they are often unable to get past the parameters of the closed system established by family dynamics in childhood to see that there can be more to life than what they have experienced in the past. This system is like the chains holding the people from their childhood so they can only see the shadows in the cave. Learning to...

In “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor”, Garrett Hardin bases his essay on Thomas Malthus’ theory of population dynamics that states that population grows geometrically (1, 2, 4, 6, 8) while food supply grows arithmetically (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and that if we don’t balance the two out, we will eventually run out of food to sustain the population growth. Hardin uses a lifeboat as...

Economics is the social science dealing with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. In “Economic and Moral Progress” Mohandas K. Gandhi states that Jesus was the greatest economist that ever lived, and then relates the parable of the rich young ruler who comes to Jesus and asks what he must do in order to inherit eternal life. Jesus responds with the basics of the...

Psalm 63:1 (NIV)"O God, You are my God,earnestly I seek You;my soul thirsts for You,my body longs for You,in a dry and weary landwhere there is no water."Earnestly - done with an intensely serious state of mind; diligently - done with steady, earnest, and energetic effort.Seek - to search for; to try and reach or obtainThirst - an ardent (passionate) desireLong - to feel a strong desire or wish;...