by Bill Wilson | Dec 19, 2014 | Opinion
It was Vaclev Havel who described the dilemma every leader has with the issue of vision. “Vision is not enough; it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs,” Havel said. By venture, of course, he...
by Rod Benson | Dec 18, 2014 | Opinion
The principle of the common good is prominent in Catholic social teaching and applicable to a wide range of social and ethical issues but is not often articulated in Baptist ethical thought and praxis. The notion of the common good appears to have originated in...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Dec 18, 2014 | Opinion
The tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents, prominent among them high school and university students, whom the world saw on the streets of the territory for two months since September, were reasonable and peaceful, even in the face of sometimes terrible provocation....
by Taylor Sandlin | Dec 17, 2014 | Opinion
Two TV channels owned by the same company showed vastly different events happening literally blocks from one another one evening recently. On NBC, viewers could watch the lighting of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center. Over on MSNBC, and every other cable news...
by Jon Kuhrt | Dec 16, 2014 | Opinion
The Daily Telegraph, a daily newspaper in Great Britain, reported recently on the findings of research by the Social Integration Commission (SIC) about the places where people from different backgrounds meet and mix with each other. The article, with the headline,...
by Matt Sapp | Dec 16, 2014 | Opinion
Pastors do everything we can during this time of year to remind people that Christmas means that God has chosen to be present and active in our world. This year that’s an uphill battle. Every time I open my web browser or turn on the TV, I’m reminded that...
