by Colin Harris | Sep 15, 2020 | Opinion
Studies in Jeremiah have typically summarized his assessment of Judah’s waywardness from covenant faithfulness under the two sins of injustice and idolatry. He clearly joins his predecessors in calling out the patterns of social and economic life that allowed the...
by Colin Harris | Aug 26, 2020 | Opinion
The title of Thomas Wolfe’s novel, “You Can’t Go Home Again,” has become a popular aphorism for the reality of change on many levels of human experience. It joins the ancient words of Heraclitus, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same...
by Colin Harris | Aug 4, 2020 | Opinion
We seem to hold a pretty high bar in the honoring of our heroes and to tolerate a relatively low one for those to whom we give the reins of power. The long and heartfelt affirmations of the life and legacy of John Lewis have given expression to the highest levels of...
by Colin Harris | Jul 16, 2020 | Opinion
Disillusionment is an experience known to many of us. It may be small and relatively insignificant, or it may be large and disorienting to our whole being. I have seen it in young folks who find that a budding relationship was not going to turn out the way one hoped...
by Colin Harris | Jun 23, 2020 | Opinion
Responses to recent instances of racial injustice seem to be moving to a different level from what we have seen in the past. Demonstrations and protests have followed a similar pattern, as the outpouring of passion on behalf of the immediate victims and their families...
