Editorials

Defeating selfishness

There is no lasting satisfaction for anyone when selfishness gets its way.
Everyone who longs for peace in the world ponders a similar question: Will wars and the longstanding animosities that fuel them ever cease?
One of the many Old Testament prophecies of the coming of the Messiah, or Christ, promises that "the crooked shall be made straight.

Don't let the spiritual idea be stolen!

Many people would agree that healing of sin and sickness through purely spiritual means would be the most important thing that could happen on earth.
It is almost instinctive for people, whether they consider themselves religious or not, to reach out to a higher power when they are faced with difficult situations they cannot manage alone.

What shapes our morality

There has been a great deal of discussion and debate about the numerous influences today on people's moral standards.
Our world is getting smaller. Yet the differences that divide people and nations still seem so difficult to resolve. The gospel message of Christlike love shows the way of healing.

Watchwords of peace

Christ Jesus' watchword as he waged peace must have been "Love your enemies." What watchwords can help us establish peace in our consciousness?
The two men are heading down the dusty road.
Cascading into the United States like a rainbow-hued waterfall have come Cubans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Guatemalans following on Cape Verdeans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans following on Hungarians, Poles, and Russian Jews.
In ancient Rome a heavy threshing implement was often used at harvest time.

To do more than we do

Most people would like to do more.