“Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer”

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is back in the public mind these days with a new show on CNN – and a new feature documentary about his rise and fall. One might also add that the popular new CBS show “The Good Wife” is nourishing a Spitzer-esque...

When Christians Favor Retribution Over Forgiveness

According to a recent survey conducted by the Michigan-based Fetzer Institute, more than 60 percent of Americans feel the need for more forgiveness in their lives. And more than 90 percent feel the need for more forgiveness in our country. Ironically, the study also...

Were simpler times all that simple?

By John Pierce In our fast-paced, high-tech living there are moments when we yearn for simpler times. At least, I do. My own upbringing was pretty simple. Life revolved around home, church, school and community events (like Boy Scouts and Little League) with a small...

Standing Firm in Difficult Times

Theologian Karl Barth said Christians engage the world best with a Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. Recently, the testimony of struggle from the first-century letter to the church in Thessalonica came in close contact with the news in Iraq of a...

Learning to Live in a World Without Privacy

If you want to change your life, change your attitude. If you want to change your relationships, change your language. If you want to change the world, change the way you communicate with it. What we have known and loved in the past is just that – past. We have...