by Colin Harris | Sep 27, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on March 28, 2011. At the time of publication, Harris was professor of religious studies at Mercer University. When something has been said so well, so often, by so many, you wonder about stepping to the microphone of our...
by Colin Harris | Sep 10, 2019 | Opinion
“How many of you have read Theodor Geisel’s book on social and economic inequality?” Long before our current discussions of the legacy of exploitation and the response of reparation, former seminary colleague Alan Neely began a chapel reflection with this question. A...
by Colin Harris | Aug 20, 2019 | Opinion
Is it possible to pay attention to the give and take of our public life and not be vulnerable to a kind of hopelessness that sees no clear way out of the mire of dysfunction and hostility that we find ourselves in? Daily reminders of the breakdown of community and its...
by Colin Harris | Jul 26, 2019 | Opinion
If you are looking for a way to reconcile your religious commitments to the stormy circumstances of our current political situation, then a “Jesus-free” Christianity might be just the thing for you. Recent aging effects have sent me looking for “sugar-free” options...
by Colin Harris | Jul 9, 2019 | Opinion
How does a community of faith, especially a large denominational group, express its collective voice to issues of its day? Reflection on the recent gatherings of two large Baptist groups a week apart in Birmingham, Alabama, yielded an observation of two different...
