The prayer topic for August is about political influence in our land. Paul says, “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives...

Friendship can be hard to define, but is wonderful to experience. Sometimes we are friends with people who are similar to ourselves, finding in another a kindred spirit: as C.S. Lewis once commented, “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another:...

25th July was, apparently, the birthday of Rosalind Elsie Franklin, a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. This week we visited...