by Richard Gehring | Feb 27, 2003 | Opinion
People give a number of reasons for opposing war with Iraq: We should not go to war without the United Nations’ backing. We need to wait longer for the weapons inspectors to finish their job. The Bush administration has not made a strong enough case against...
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...
by Johnny Lewis | Feb 26, 2003 | Opinion
Anyone who plans or thinks about worship on a regular basis will likely pause at the title of Michael Bausch’s book Silver Screen, Sacred Story: The Use of Multimedia in Worship. The title raises an issue that has become increasingly divisive among congregations...
by James L. Evans | Feb 25, 2003 | Opinion
It seems particularly cruel to charge exorbitant fees to families and individuals already struggling financially. The Bible pronounces stern judgment on those who exploit the poor for profit. That same judgment falls on those who stand silent and let it happen....
by James Browning | Feb 25, 2003 | Opinion
He was a wandering teacher largely unappreciated in his own time. He was a failure as a politician. Yet his teachings became the foundation of an ethical philosophy, a religion and a culture. His name is K’ung Fu-tzu, or Confucius. Confucius (551-479 BCE) lived...
by Michael Helms | Feb 25, 2003 | Opinion
I don’t suppose it really matters how love begins. What matters is whether the commitment to love another is genuine enough and deep enough to forsake all others, for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, until death comes. The...
