‘How Not to Preach Ethics’

Maybe part of the reason I studied ethics in seminary was that I heard so many examples of bad ethics from the pulpit while growing up. It wasn’t that preachers actually spoke evil (or only rarely so) as much as that ethics tended to be both confused and abused...

The Clouds of War

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of...

Executive Coaching

Over the years, many different methods of attaining personal growth have surfaced, such as counseling, consulting, training, teaching, apprenticeships, seminars, therapy and mentoring. These methods have proven effective in varying degrees, but all are helpful for...

Was Jesus A Marxist?

Alabama’s Republican Governor, Bob Riley, recently led an unsuccessful effort to reform the state’s regressive tax structure and raise needed funds for state services. He cast the struggle in moral terms arguing that Alabama’s present tax arrangement...

Uncontrolled Technology Spurs Appeal to Ethics

Much has been said about the music industry’s war on piracy. With CD sales in a slump, industry leaders have resorted to suing kids, or their parents, over the illegal file sharing presumed to be at the root of the trouble. The music industry isn’t alone...