Righting the World

It was said of the apostles, "These that have turned the world upside down are come hither" (Acts 17:6). There is a story told of an eccentric ...

Change from Within

Man is both a spiritual and an animal being. One can move a man either by influencing his animal being or by influencing his spiritual essence. In the ...

Poor Memory

The Yankee Christian virtues ... have not been disqualified or proved inadequate; they have simply lost currency, which is to say they are no longer clearly ...

God Turns Our Lives into Things of Beauty

Over a hundred years ago, in a Scottish seaside inn, a group of fishermen were relaxing after a long day at sea. As a serving maid was walking past the ...

Some Things Stay the Same

P.S. Your father says inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.

I love you,

Mom

Meeting God in Odd Places

I need to be continually sensitive to the surprising places where God can meet me.

Religion and Change

If your religion does not change you, then you should change your religion.

A Social Researcher's Faith

[O]nly a fool would argue that the church should change its doctrine to keep up with the times. One does not arrive at moral judgments by counting noses. ...

From Morality to "Ethics"

How do we create symbolic virtue? We take the standards of morality that we have inherited from past generations. Then we "drain" away the idea ...

Truth on the Block

The supplanting of sound values by the world's methods of popularity and success may be clouding the influence of the Bible upon our writing. This ...