by Ron Rolheiser | Nov 3, 2021 | Opinion
“No man is an island.” John Donne wrote those words four centuries ago, and they are as true now as they were then, except we don’t believe them anymore. Today, more and more of us are beginning to define our nuclear families and our carefully chosen circle of friends...
by Colin Harris | Oct 14, 2021 | Opinion
Can you explain the distinction between a philosophy and an ideology? A political science professor 50 years ago helped me clarify my thinking around these terms. He suggested that a philosophy is an open-ended search for, and refinement of, an understanding of truth...
by Colin Harris | Oct 3, 2013 | Opinion
Most introductory courses to the New Testament begin with attention to the context of first-century Judaism. A part of that attention notes the “parties” among the Jews of the time. The Sadducees were the well-to-do aristocratic and priestly Jewish upper...
