Editorials

The right kind of protest

When innocent people, especially children, are victims of evil—such as in the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, or as the result of some other violent act—all kinds of emotions are stirred within the human heart.

Safety in the skies

The overall record of safe air travel is very impressive.
Joseph Mann was rapidly bleeding to death from an accidental gunshot wound in his chest.
It was in the pages of the Christian Science Sentinel that—ninety-two years ago—plans for the new Der Christian Science Herold in German were first made public.
The more we hear about governmental problems, the more we may think that the last thing we need is government! Unfortunately, the very word government has come to represent, to many people, little that is likable and much that is unlikable.
As reported in the "News & Commentary" column in this week's Sentinel, the former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, presented a lecture last year titled "The Moral Foundations of Society.

What about forgiveness?

The heinous crimes that have occurred recently in places like Bosnia, Rwanda, Tokyo, and in Oklahoma have many Christians wrestling with the concept of forgiveness.
Law enforcement officers are, at this very moment, tracking down terrorists in many parts of the world.

"Fighting back" with love

Can it possibly work to return good for evil?

Prayer overcomes trauma

In the face of a personal crisis or a larger disaster, like the bombing in Oklahoma City last April or the terrorist attacks on the Tokyo subway system, many issues obviously demand immediate attention.

The prime of life

"The measurement of life by solar years robs youth and gives ugliness to age.
People are looking everywhere for healing.