Editorials

Who doesn't love spiritual vitality wherever it's found? But we may need to do a better job of resisting the suggestion it can't be found in our own church.

Who's doing what

When we're working to accomplish something, do we sometimes forget the most important point of all?

Stranger at the gate

There are some things we can't afford to leave unconsidered, unexplored—waiting unheeded outside the usual boundaries of our lives.

Reflected light

Christ Jesus taught that true and lasting achievement comes from an understanding that we do nothing on our own, for in reality we reflect God's intelligence and love.

To heal the character of nations

To be in the world and not of it makes great demands on spiritual purpose. Yet this was Christ Jesus' mandate.
A superficial look misses the evidence that is crucial to consider.
Christian healing certainly relates to individual human need. But if there is a divine law that underlies such healing, wouldn't it also apply to a planet in need—our common home?

To live fully

Modern multitudes hunger for freedom and justice. Out of such spiritual hunger comes powerful witness to God and our own true nature as His children.

"The world is moving"

Progress on human rights has been rapid this year. A less visible sort of oppression still needs vigorous spiritual "watching."

The important thing

We seldom may think about the way in which we arrive at certain conclusions. Then something shifts; we see a wholly new way and a wholly different conclusion.
Jesus assured his followers that all good is possible when we turn to God in full confidence that prayer will be answered.
Civilization and human progress demand justice for everyone. But is such an ideal actually possible?