Martin Luther King Jr.: Cultural Hero and Theologian

Martin Luther King Jr., is a cultural hero, and deservedly so. His role in the long and arduous drama of the civil rights struggle is recognized and celebrated around the country and internationally. He is noted and quoted even by the political heirs of those who...

For New Year, Will You Choose Life or Decay?

Ethics has to do with choosing – what we choose, how we choose, why we choose. From the simplest of decisions about daily behaviors to the most comprehensive choices of ideologies that frame our understandings of the world, those choices set the trajectory of...

Advent’s Path Travels the Longer View of History

The Advent season of anticipation invites us to see four common features of our human experience through a deeper and longer lens. Hope becomes more than an optimistic expectation of good circumstances and is rooted in a deeper trust in the one who promises to be...

Reaffirming the Truth: We Are Our Brothers’ Keeper

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at the 69th anniversary of its proclamation by the United Nations General Assembly, will probably take a place in history among other classics of political philosophy. These include the Covenant Code of ancient Israel (Exodus...