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Milton Johanides is a Greek Cypriot elder of the Church of Scotland. a writer and an artist. He has preached sermons to an international congregation, is a former businessman and an entrepreneur who has won numerous awards. His latest enterprise was an art

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Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Top three life principles: 1 of 46

Is there a way to guarantee a good life? Can we sum up the best way to act in every possible situation in just three simple principles? Making decisions daily more than anything else marks mankind out from the rest of creation, but more often than not, it’s making the wrong decisions which leads to disaster. So what th...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Depression: 1 of 41

The people Sogdashi Offwerki described in his tiny kingdom in Africa were Christians, staunch converts from a nineteenth century mission, steely British evangelists. But I wondered what version of the gospels they had been taught, since it didn’t marry with any notion of Christianity I was familiar with. Draughty domed...
Arts & Humanities > Political Philosophy What is wrong with this world?: 2 of 77

The answer to the question "What is wrong with this world?" depends on what your view of the world is. Creationists will take the view that the world was made perfect in its original state and that man, in collaboration with Satan, has brought about a fall. Scientists, Big Bang theorists and evolutionists, will argue for a r...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Romance: 6 of 178

Guess I'm just a sad romantic at heart. She was the kind of girl mother would not have wanted to meet. Her hair was dishevelled, her make up original and her clothes stitched together from bargain buys at garage sales. She was tall, over six foot, but had all the right pieces in the right places. On her right shoulder was a ...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Sinister tales: 2 of 57

Mel was still asleep, and she didn’t wake despite the yelp of astonishment that I let out at the sight of her. She didn’t look good at all. She looked as though she might be dead. I tried to pull myself together and took a closer look, hoping the first had been part of a dream that was slow to fade. But it was al...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Growing up: 2 of 52

"What's the big deal, mum?" I asked. We were sitting in the front room at Niko´s house listening to mum and dad quarrelling. "Your father! He stay out again to play all-night poker!" Niko seemed to know something. The girls came back from the kitchen where they had been finishing off the dishes and sat down with us in ...
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Why writers write: 6 of 153

The are many reasons why writers write. Writing is the most immediate way of expressing yourself. You don't need company or expensive materials. You always have an audience ready and waiting for your work. It can be done at any time, any place. And because there is literally an infinite number of ways of expressing thought i...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Rules: 1 of 22

It must have occurred to me early on that Ofwerki Sogdashi would be good for me, as though he possessed some secret, some law for retarded teenagers waiting to be unlocked. We met at the tender age of fourteen, back in the autumn of 1973, young lads with little in common, but we soon became friends. He was a real princ...
Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Is God relevant in today's world?: 3 of 63

I can answer this question in just three words; "More than ever!" Look at it this way. You get out of bed in the morning, you stretch, you yawn, you put the kettle on. What is on your mind? Are you thinking about what you have to do at work today? Or perhaps you are unemployed and wondering what the day will bring. You may h...
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Attempting to define reality: 2 of 42

Attempts to define reality are hindered by human internal logic which is our perception of the world around us. This perception can be real, real and distorted, or fictional. Thus there are three different realities: the world as it is, the world as we see it and the world as we see it through the eyes of othe...