Editorial October 29, 1990 Issue

Change and inevitable progress

Ann Kenrick

The momentum of change in the world today goes on unabated. The cry for improvement is being heard in Russian, Chinese, Romanian, and other languages. But change that brings real progress is not always easily accomplished. Entrenched ways of thinking may resist people's natural aspirations for freedom of expression.

Of course change, together with the upheaval it often brings to individuals and societies, is not new; it has gone on in every century. But where should we be looking for the assurance of progress in the midst of flux or the battling back of that which resists genuine spiritual progress?

In Biblical times, prophets, responding to the word of God, turned people's thoughts toward the Almighty as a constant reference point for stability. Isaiah, for instance, who lived in a time of crises and upheaval for the Hebrew people, foresaw the establishment of God's righteous kingdom. Because of this divine order he went forward without fear to challenge the status quo. He was not dependent on either entrenched human power or on change for the better. He was dependent on God.

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