by Scott Stearman | Apr 6, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Do you recall the early days of 2020? I expect you do. We began the year hearing about this scary virus that was becoming lethal in China. “Over there” where people lived so close, and likely had bad hygiene (we said). We moved into February reading about the virus...
by Scott Stearman | Sep 22, 2022 | Opinion
No one today doubts the marketing dictum that “sex sells.” Magazine covers, book jackets, television commercials, even restaurant advertisements often demonstrate this truism: a bit of flesh, a hint of the salacious, grabs attention like few other things do. What is...
by Scott Stearman | Aug 8, 2022 | Opinion
Poet Mary Oliver ends her poem “Daisies” remarking about the “suitability of the field for the daisies and the daisies for the field.” She rightly sees, and celebrates, a kind of symbiotic relationship between the wildflowers and the fields in which they grow. For...
by Scott Stearman | Apr 5, 2022 | Opinion
Intent and premeditation have long been a part of criminal justice. This is true historically and it is true internationally. The severity of the crime is partly determined by what led up to it. Judges rightly distinguish a murder of momentary passion from a murder...
by Good Faith Media | Mar 18, 2022 | News
Scott Stearman directs the International Advocacy Baptist Collaborative that seeks to amplify and coordinate the advocacy work of the global Baptist family at the United Nations and in Washington D.C. He is vice chair of the board of trustees for the Parliament of the...