Journey out of Depression According to the World Health Organisation, depressive disorders are on the increase worldwide and affect about 121 million people. The WHO predicts that by 2020 it will be the second leading cause of health impairment worldwide. It is thought that up to ten per cent of Europeans and Americans suffer from depression. How can this problem be handled? What treatment options are available to sufferers? How can friends and relatives help?  [more...]

Belief, Knowledge, Conviction Although Jesus Christ was born among the Jews, the Chosen people at that time, and had His sphere of activity there, yet the Word of Truth He proclaimed was meant not only for the Jewish people but for the whole of mankind. This is quite clearly expressed in His call to His disciples to go forth into the whole world, and bring the Word of Truth to the souls longing for it. [more...]

Joy of Living - Pleasure and Burden “How would you evaluate the concept ‘pleasure’? Would you consider it something good?" Joy would seem to lean towards spirituality, pleasure towards physicality – but not wholly so. Pleasure, perhaps more than any other concept, demarcates earthly life from spiritual life. Two radically opposing views have existed for centuries, and probably even millennia. [more...]

When first Love wanes.. More than a third of marriages end in divorce and separation. We can only guess at the number of similar cohabitations that end in separation, but in all probability it will even be higher. We know just as little how many couples only stay together to keep up appearances. Claus Georg Tornai examines the fundamental principles which are necessary for a successful married life.  [more...]

Or is he the right one, after all? Why many people end up with the “wrong” partner – and why he or she is possibly the right one after all …  [more...]