Big whoop

by | Jul 9, 2010 | Opinion

I stand amazed at the level of fervency accorded to some sports stories these days. Pro basketball player Lebron James’ decision to leave Cleveland for Miami rated live, prime time coverage on ESPN. He wants to join two other hoops stars so they can establish a...

Global Warming Sets Table for Horrific Downpours

by | Jul 8, 2010 | Opinion

A month after the Nashville flood, family members and others called off the search for the final flood victim, a young man who had a tattoo of Jesus on his back. He was one of 30 Tennesseans killed when the rainstorm did not stop for two days and the water ran high...

What Jesus Could Have Said About Unemployment

by | Jul 8, 2010 | Opinion

I grant that Jesus didn’t include aid to the unemployed in his litany about the sheep on the right hand and goats on the left, as recorded in Matthew 25. But, as a graduate school professor of mine once said about things Jesus reportedly didn’t say:...

First Amendment Protects Muslims’ Right to Worship

by | Jul 8, 2010 | Opinion

An anonymous letter arrived in the mail, mailed by a person in our town who clearly believes the Muslim community in our city ought not be allowed to build a new mosque. The writer feared the mosque was part of what he or she called “a long range plan to destroy...

Morality and mortgages

by | Jul 8, 2010 | Opinion

New ethical dilemmas show up all the time. While the issues change often, the big question remains: Is this right?Ethics, of course, is about matching behavior with beliefs. Some answers to ethical dilemmas are easier to determine than others. A recent story from...