There are 94 articles by G. Scott Morris :
“I find it easy to understand why women see the overturning of Roe v. Wade as rolling back a broad range of rights for women that goes well beyond the matter of abortion.”
In today’s world, it is hard to envision a leader so willing to accept responsibility in the face of a potential — even likely — monumental failure.
We won’t get anywhere if we respond to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting by only, once again, calling for legal changes that will have little chance of being enacted. We need to sit down in our houses of worship and come up with concrete ways to draw close to the children Jesus loves.
We must strip hateful politics from the rhetoric we use every day and advocate for all of us to be able to live with enough food on the table and to have a meaningful job that will pay our basic bills.
“Dan Richards, 65, is one of just 239 people to complete the Triple Crown of open water marathon swimming. And he is the 12th to do it after age 50.”
“Seeing me struggle, my friend Dave took the pack off my back and began carrying it for me. It was a humbling experience, one that made me think deeply about the virtue of humility.”
It is time to return because the moral soul of the planet is under threat in the invasion of Ukraine, and we can’t fight this evil via Zoom.
Scott Morris: “What if more of us could truly believe God loves us in the peace-giving way of my patient all those years ago? How would we approach the complexity of an ongoing pandemic and other dangers life gives us?”
“I know we all stand and cheer for Rabbi Charlie and his courage. But unless we stand up and shout down every unkind word directed toward Jews when we first hear it, we let the next act of violence on Jews begin to take root.”
‘As this new year begins ... I’m committing to three areas that daily will make my life healthier and meaningful.’
‘I am excited to know that in a few years Memphis will have ... a riverfront park that will invite us all to enjoy the most important amenity we all share, the Mississippi River.’
Tuesday, Nov. 2, is All Souls Day. Beginning in the ninth century, Christians have held a day of prayer on the day after All Saints Day to remember the souls of all who had died.
Acts of kindness transformed how I was thinking about the world in ways I pray I will not soon forget.
What makes Micah special, beside his gift for words, is that he understands the meaning of commitment.
The truth is that America has never been a country where everyone just got along and lived in harmony.
Setting an expectation that attempts to find shared culture and values makes it possible to achieve more than if individual agendas drive each person’s actions.
Dr. Scott Morris: The good news is that according to the Pew Research Center, almost 3 in 10 Americans say that their faith in God increased during the pandemic.
“We have seen so many movies of Omaha Beach that the event is embedded in our national psyche. From this side of the events, and with the help of Hollywood, it seems God-ordained that the response we all know was certain to lead to the victory we take for granted. It was, of course, anything but certain.”
Lynne Turley taught music in the Memphis City Schools for 22 years. She believed that every child was musical.
The children at Perea are taught that if they come across a gun, they are to “Stop, don’t touch, turn around, tell an adult.” The sad fact is that many of them can already tell the teacher exactly where the guns in their houses are hidden.
There is never a day a child can’t be made to smile with a small doll after a visit to the doctor at Church Health that may have seemed scary.
‘I suspect most people who read this will think that anti-Semitism is nothing we need to worry about in Memphis, but they are wrong. Wherever white supremacy exists it is led by those who hate Jews.’
Once we have gotten to know the people who have called Memphis home through the good and the bad, we can start to understand this place we inhabit together.
Scott Morris: “The year of COVID-19 taught me that there might not be time for all the fanciful dreams we put on hold.”
Julia will not remember her long days in the ICU, nor our experience this year of COVID-19, nor even the beauty of her baptism. But all who love her will.