by James Gordon | Apr 3, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I am tired of culture wars. I’m weary of conflicted opinions fueled by endless anger, contested worldviews excluding each other, and confrontational ideologies as the default of public discourse encountering disagreement. Susan Harding coined the phrase... by James Gordon | Feb 14, 2018 | Opinion
If the criteria set forth in Philippians 4:8 were applied to our way of thinking as well as our way of viewing the world and seeing and responding to other people, what would change in our public discourse? For that matter, what would change in our political... by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 3, 2017 | Opinion
Civil public discourse is becoming a lost art. This negative trend is exacerbated by social media platforms on which anyone, anywhere, anytime can express their opinion (informed, uninformed or misinformed) and where diatribe is replacing discussion.... by James Gordon | Feb 21, 2017 | Opinion
Losing the art of listening has corrupted public discourse. “God’s voice is of the heart. / I do not therefore say / all voices of the heart are God’s, / and to discern his voice amidst the voices, / is that hard task to which we each are... by Roger Olson | Oct 14, 2015 | Opinion
One of the most famous questions ever asked in public of a public person was U.S. Army counsel Joseph Welch’s question to Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1954 during McCarthy’s anti-communist witch hunt in Congress. In total disgust, Welch asked McCarthy,...
