There is an alarming increase in the sale of what are called "happiness pills." We swallow pills to pep us up and pills to take off weight, pills to pep us up and pills to calm us down. Thousands can't get to sleep without barbiturates or make it through the day without tranquilizers. We need faith — not in pills, but in God.

Thoughts by the late Rev. Paul Osumi are selected weekly by his family.