From the Editors March 9, 1992 Issue

INSIDE: LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE

The Editors

The "need to know" is commonplace today. We simply don't expect anymore to feel distanced from distant events. We value being able to know the latest news very quickly. In fact, business and government have come to depend upon it. But it has also become increasingly clear that our need to know what is happening goes beyond bare descriptions of people, places, and the drama of conflict.

We need context, and above all we need a moral and humane perspective, as the "Second Thought" in this issue says quite eloquently. When this perspective is missing or a moral motive has been lost or suppressed, we have to think more carefully about uncritical and passive acceptance of what in presented as news. This week's "Profile" helps with this examination. A public-radio news director talks about the opportunity in news gathering and news broadcast for healing and forgiveness. It's really "the good news" of Christianity having a tangible impact on the events of daily news.

The message of practical Christianity comes full circle when we see what it is that supports spiritual healing. As one author explains it, "God, through the power of His Christ, worked with me ... and I was healed."

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Article

Have you heard the news?