http://www.ovimagazine.com/cat/69 Social issues and articles. Tue, 07 Feb 12 15:44:31 +0200 en http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/8246 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:39:41 +0200 Prof.Emanuel L. Paparella A very interesting book by Raymond Barfield was published last year by the University of Cambridge Press titled The Ancient Quarrel between Philosophy and Poetry. The book was positively reviewed. What attracted my attention was the fact that a whole of c http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/8230 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:09:30 +0200 Jack Wellman My seminary professor once told me about a father whose young son was constantly in trouble. He was continuously getting in trouble... so one day, the father went upstairs to find his son getting into things that he was told not to mess with. When the bo http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/8135 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:13:08 +0200 Jack Wellman Nursing homes are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States. There are literally thousands of people today living in nursing homes who have never had anyone visit them once. A great number of them never receive visitors. And many of t http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/6645 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:19:56 +0200 The Ovi Team It\'s Christmas day and most will have people art home including a lot of kids. So here some games for the Christmas party. http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/8083 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:12:59 +0200 David Sparenberg Young men and dreamers, young women, bold and beautiful-be joyous in your frolic and meditations. Beside the smiling of your sunlit fields the shadow of death glowers. Do not fall into the blackhole of time. If you must shed your courage, drop clear be http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/8074 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:12:49 +0200 Jack Wellman My beloved wife\'s name is Martha. She would be upset with me if she knew I wrote this about her. Her ministry is more than a pastor\'s wife. It is truly the work of the Lord, Jesus Christ. My wife\'s name not only means \"a lady\", it is a reflection http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/8081 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:08:49 +0200 Newropeans-Magazine The prevalence of domestic abuse has been well documented both internationally and in Ireland. Research undertaken by Women\'s Aid in Ireland found that 95% of young women and 84% of young men claimed to know someone who had experienced abuse. This abuse http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/8039 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:11:20 +0200 Jack Wellman Christmas is a special time of year and one of the greatest of the Christian Holidays. In fact, the word holiday originally comes from the word Holy Day. It seems to be politically incorrect for many to say \"Merry Christmas\" because of the myth that t http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/8036 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:29:09 +0200 Prof.Emanuel L. Paparella In 2007 a book appeared which confronted the legacy of Western civilization to that of Chinese civilization. It raised much controversy in both societies. The author of that book is Will Hutton and its title is The Writing on the Wall: China and the West. http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/8008 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:26:01 +0200 Prof.Emanuel L. Paparella I have conceived of this Contribution as a sort of gift for the Ovi readership enhancing the merry Christmas spirit of 2011. I suppose we all need some merriment and jubilation after two sad years of economic crisis. As I said before the crisis is symptom