by Robert Parham | Oct 4, 2013 | Opinion
Ever heard of a development event for a Baptist organization that featured the testimonies of a Catholic bishop and a president of a Methodist foundation? Not likely. Yet one actually took place on Oct. 1 in Little Rock, Ark. The very day that the United States...
by Robert Parham | Sep 26, 2013 | Opinion
Separated by a single vowel, “vocation” and “vacation” have a complicated relationship. Vocation comes from the Latin word vocatio, which means a call. Originally, the concept of vocation bore religious freight. Men and women were called to...
by Robert Parham | Sep 17, 2013 | Opinion
BBC News’ Africa page has a gem of a moral resource. It offers almost every day an African proverb. For example, a recent proverb from the Ashanti people, many of whom live in Ghana, read, “One who climbs a good tree always gets a good push.” Simple....
by Robert Parham | Sep 9, 2013 | Opinion
President Obama has set forth a false choice: Do nothing about Syria’s use of chemical weapons or bomb Syria. The president said, “I do have to ask people, well, if, in fact, you’re outraged by the slaughter of innocent people, what are you doing...
by Robert Parham | Sep 3, 2013 | Opinion
“Just War” is a time-honored, moral tool for critiquing government war-making arguments. Rooted in Christian tradition, “Just War” provides understandable moral language that extends beyond the bounds of Christianity. And while government...
