by Dwight A. Moody | Mar 26, 2003 | Opinion
The latest science and the deepest theology do not suffice to address the existential elements of the human experience, such as love and loneliness, hope and despair, guilt and grace, even life and death itself. “Scientists publish a paper announcing a discovery...
by Dwight A. Moody | Mar 19, 2003 | Opinion
I was standing in the hallway of the funeral home looking at pictures of Ora Ruth Taylor Dundon Gillespie when her son Bill appeared beside me. He pulled out of his pocket a black jeweler’s box and opened it for my inspection. It was the ring. Ruth had given it...
by Dwight A. Moody | Mar 12, 2003 | Opinion
There are two narratives about the founding of our nation. Which one most resonates with your mind and soul may well determine how you respond to the recent court decision about the Pledge of Allegiance. Narrative number one goes something like this: Long ago, Europe...
by Dwight A. Moody | Mar 5, 2003 | Opinion
I sit now and stare at the trees. Their bent and broken shapes are sure to last, reshaping their setting against a sky that is sometimes blue, sometimes gray. They will remind me, I am sure, of the sabbath day that was forced upon us, and also of the way they make a...
by Dwight A. Moody | Feb 26, 2003 | Opinion
Now that anxiety has eased like a fog into every corner of our society, pastors sense the added pressure of their spiritual work. And now that anxiety has eased like a fog into every corner of our society, they sense the added pressure of their spiritual work. The...
