by Colin Harris | Sep 14, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I don’t remember when I first encountered Jonathan Edwards’ famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” But I do remember the effect of its imagery as a pointer to the kind of critical urgency that often-accompanied appeals to come to Jesus to avoid the...
by Colin Harris | Aug 24, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
“Betraying the public trust” is a phrase long used to describe persons who have acted contrary to the confidence and intentions of those who put them in a place to do so. It can happen in large “publics” like national life, and in small ones, like a church, club, or...
by Colin Harris | May 26, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
My recent discovery of a collection of lectures by the famous and influential Viktor Frankl – Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything – has offered a compelling invitation to think about history’s refinement of our perspectives on life at one of its significant...
by Colin Harris | Mar 31, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
How might we find and choose our way on the path to the future? Two images from a recent Saturday night prompted some reflection on this question. The first was a stage production of “The Sound of Music” performed by older children and teenagers who are part of a...
by Colin Harris | Mar 9, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
All U.S. states have legal requirements that children between ages 6 and 16 attend school — public, private or an approved process of home-schooling. Exceptions for special circumstances are there, as well as variations between states, but the general rule is that...
