“Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.” When I started college, I often heard these words. This saying, attributed to Jesus and found in both the gospels of Matthew and Luke, was a favorite quote of one of my college friends, Mike. A bit of an evangelist,… Read More »What Are We Saying and Doing?
It was 1975. In a classroom with about three dozen college freshman, a simple question was asked: do the means justify the ends? Morally, does achieving a result that is good allow an individual to do anything it takes to achieve that good result? Is it moral to kill people… Read More »A Means to an End
Today, President Obama convenes a healthcare summit to discuss healthcare reform with Republican and Democratic leaders. In light of this event, I am republishing a previous posting from September 2009. With religious conservatives opposing health care reform, I ask: What Would Jesus Do? “There was a woman who had been… Read More »Healthcare Reform: What Would Jesus Do?
