It Is Through Exchange That Difference Becomes

The Twenty-first Century Is, And Will Remain, The Age Of Insecurity.

Parenthood Involves Massive Sacrifice: Money, Attention, Time And Emotional Energy.

Some Years Ago There Was A Study To Discover The Most Stressful Occupation. It Turned Out Not To Be The Head Of A Large Business, Football Manager Or Prime Minister, But Rather: Bus Driver.

When Everything That Matters Can Be Bought And Sold, When Commitments Can Be Broken Because They Are No Longer To Our Advantage, When Shopping Becomes Salvation And Advertising Slogans Become Our Litany, When Our Worth Is Measured By How Much We Earn And Spend, Then The Market Is Destroying The Very Virtues On Which In The Long Run It Depends.

Part Of The Beauty Of Judaism, And Surely This Is So For Other Faiths Also, Is That It Gently Restores Control Over Time. Three Times A Day We Stop What We Are Doing And Turn To God In Prayer. We Recover Perspective. We Inhale A Deep Breath Of Eternity.