Reading today that Harry Potter author J.K.Rowling made a mere $300 million last year, I’ve been wondering what makes a book a bestseller? Is it the plot, the characters or just brilliant writing? The unfortunate thing for those of us who wouldn’t mind being a J.K. Rowling is that there just doesn’t seem to be any [...]
Archive for the 'Religion' Category
God – an almighty best-seller
November 6, 2008
Physical and spiritual power
November 3, 2008
Have you ever forgotten something really important in your life? We may forget birthdays or anniversaries, but would anyone forget how much they have in the bank?
Our life is totally dependent on money, but only up to a point, because, as the saying goes, you can’t take it with you.
The Egyptian Pharaohs certainly didn’t take anything [...]
Heavenly teachers
October 29, 2008
My little niece Rhiannon started school recently, and she loves it. What a contrast it was to my first days at school, when I was so terrified I wouldn’t let go of my mother. But thanks to a great teacher who I adored, I finally settled in – until it was time to move up a class. No [...]
Investigation and immersion
October 27, 2008
I am often asked how an Irish Catholic girl ended up a Bahá’í. Well, I was always a questioning type, even to the point of being called a doubting Thomas. But that’s no surprise, since asking questions about your religion in Ulster can be seen as a lack of faith.
It’s sometimes assumed that religion is what [...]
Stumbling from disaster to disaster
October 26, 2008
Frank Spencer is never far from our television sets and the show, Some Mothers do ‘ave em, was always a favourite of ours when I was growing up.
The programme had a reliable formula – Frank would weave himself into a ridiculous situation and then try to get himself out of it. He stumbled into everything without [...]
All the right moves
October 25, 2008
A few years back I had to move house three times in one year. During that summer we rented out our home in the Midlands and moved to another town for work. Five months later we were on the move again and then when we finally decided to buy a house we were on the [...]
