For centuries humans have celebrated their relationship with animals in art, music and literature. From the earliest times dogs were depicted in caves and on tombs.
Eastman Kodak’s motto, “You press the button, we do the rest,” marked the introduction of mass photography.
Thomas Carlyle said, “Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.” With even greater wisdom Proverbs notes, “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails”...
Christians know they are to work (Genesis 1:28; John 9:4; Col. 3:23-24; 2 Thes. 3:10-13). They are not so sure they should play.
It is difficult to pin down the elusive character of pleasure.
Should Christians in a democratic society join political parties?
The term politics is often used to refer to all situations in which power is important.
Pollution is an old word for “uncleanness” that has taken on grim new meanings in the modern world.
Poverty is without doubt one of the most persistent and universal tragedies of our post-World War II world order.
Power is troubling for many Christians. We are suspicious that its exercise violates the ethos of the Sermon on the Mount with its call for meekness and willingness to be last.
In the workplace power of different sorts is required to perform the services or create the products intended by the business or institution.
Prayer is one of the most self-revealing acts of a human being. It is simply communion with God.
Preaching is hard work; listening to sermons is harder still.
The mother’s experiences are as diverse as seasonal changes as she marks time in contemplation, preparation, prayer and hope.
The reason for the complexity of life is not simply the perversity and sin of individual human beings or even the cumulative effect of all the sinners in the world, but something more...
Privacy is one of the most highly prized values. We regard having time and space to ourselves as both a need and, increasingly, a right.
Can everyone and everything be professionalized?
Profit, as defined by the accounting profession, is the excess of a business’s total revenues over total costs.
What is the good of making promises? Are there levels of promising, with levels of moral obligation?
Many employees have the ambition to advance into positions of greater responsibility within their organization.
