The phenomenon of a man and woman living together under the same roof as though they were husband and wife, yet without a solemnized wedding and without regarding themselves as married, is a...
What part of the newspaper do you turn to first? Sports, finance, food? For many the most important item in the daily paper is the comics section.
Committees intersect with two social phenomena: leadership and group or meeting dynamics. Christian hesitations about the appropriateness of committees arise from both spheres.
Baptism is the sacrament of Christian initiation; the Lord’s Supper (also called Communion or the Eucharist) is the sacrament of Christian growth and development. Both are vital.
The word community is on many people’s lips today and is used in many different ways.
Rugged individualism seems to be replacing the traditional cooperative spirit. But earth keeping and community are still mutually essential.
Commuting to work by private or public transportation is one of the daily realities of modern life.
In their places of work, families, communities and churches, Christians give praise to God by using their time and talents as competently as they possibly can. Their competency is a fundamental service to...
Competition is a fact of everyday life.
Compromise is generally regarded as a dirty word. It is something to avoid.
Through the years we have invented an amazing array of machines to help us compute things more rapidly and more accurately.
Though most computers are actively used for relatively pedestrian activities like accounting and word processing, a remarkable amount of their resources is devoted to simple diversion.
When a sperm and ovum unite, usually as the result of a loving embrace, they become “one flesh” literally as a unique conceptus “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14 KJV; see Psalm 139:13-16; Eccles. 11:5).
Conflict is a natural part of life.
Conflict is so common in the workplace that one can safely say, “It goes with the territory.” But the types of conflict are varied.
Confrontation is giving a report on another person’s behavior, offering feedback on the other’s role or response, providing a second person’s perspective on one’s way of being, acting or relating.
What is our conscience? How does it work? Why does it sometimes deceive us? How is it possible to have a clear conscience?
The prevalence of consumerism suggests a general contraction of the compass of modern culture.
Contraception, unlike many everyday matters, has been a matter of theological and ethical debate, largely among Christians.
When we buy a newspaper, get a haircut, take a ride on a bus or make a long-distance telephone call, whether we know it or not we are entering into a contract.
