In 2003, a German film crew followed a nomadic family in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. The film, The Story of the Weeping Camel, was nominated for an Oscar. A mother camel had rejected her newborn after a brutal two-day labour. Without her milk, the calf would die. The family knew

The Churches of Saffavid Iran If you've been following my work for a while, you'll know I'm fascinated with minority sites in historical Empires. For me, its the Synagogues of Ottoman Constantinople, the Jain temples of Mughal India and the Churches of Saffavid Iran that best

The world of Vincent van Gogh comes to life.

“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.” — Isaac Newton

New record🥇 The Artemis II astronauts are now farther from Earth than humans have ever been! At 1:57 p.m. EDT, they broke the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970. Their journey around the far side of the Moon today will take them a maximum distance of 252,752 miles from Earth.

This both breaks my heart and fills me with joy. Four very good people on a long, rare voyage together. A fine example to us all.

There is no military objective that justifies the wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure or the deliberate infliction of suffering on civilian populations.

"Often, after waking up to myself from the body, that is, externalizing myself in relation to all other things, while entering into myself, I behold a beauty of wondrous quality, and I believe then that I am most to be identified with my better part, that I enjoy the best quality

God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient

This is Mount Fuji in Japan right now

Safe Return Home 🌍Dear #Artemis Crew. #MoonMission NASA

They circled the Moon while the rest of us stayed glued to screens full of war and outrage. Humanity can reach farther than ever before, yet still can't reach across a border to shake hands. We're smart enough to survive space. When will we be wise enough to survive each other?

Those who pray are aware of their own limitations; they do not kill or threaten with death. Instead, death enslaves those who have turned their backs on the living God, turning themselves and their own power into a mute, blind and deaf idol (Ps 115:4–8), to which they sacrifice

“Do not go gentle into that good night” Dylan Thomas

“As Plato so beautifully said; it is not the soul in the body, it is the body which is in the soul. Its coming and going no physical eye can see.But its presence is supreme.” Syed Hasan Askari 1932-2008 #SpiritualHuman

“Yes, I lost my parents on October 7, but I won this. I won Aziz as a brother.” Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon tell the personal story behind their inspiring new book, “The Future is Peace.”

Plotinus, Soul

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. - Max Planck

"Todo sucede en el momento adecuado, tal como debe ser". - Lao Tzu

“To all those of you, struggling with your own demons…” Martin Lewis’ acceptance speech as he received the Special Award on 10 May at this year's BAFTA TV awards.