by Colin Harris | Jun 21, 2013 | Opinion
As much as we might desire it, perfection is hard to come by in the world of human experience. The smaller and simpler the task, the closer we can come to it. The “perfect square” and the “perfectly boiled egg” seem within the realm of...
by Colin Harris | May 29, 2013 | Opinion
A recent conversation with a young pastor friend turned, rather naturally, to the delicate and difficult balance of the pastoral and the prophetic dimensions of congregational ministry. Everyday needs and personal challenges in a faith family call for the deepest...
by Colin Harris | May 22, 2013 | Opinion
While watching a news report Tuesday morning of the aftermath of Monday’s catastrophic tornado in Moore, Okla., my wife and I received a call that a relative completed a long battle with disease during the night. The images of a community and nation responding...
by Colin Harris | Apr 29, 2013 | Opinion
For a nation whose Constitution begins with the words, “We the people,” we seem to have an interesting pattern to the exercise and management of our “we-ness.” I hope it is not cynical to notice an all-too-recurring cycle expressed most...
by Colin Harris | Apr 16, 2013 | Opinion
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” one of the classic documents from what many interpreters see as a significant turning point in the public consciousness toward the systemic injustice that...
