Morris: We are made to work
This Labor Day, consider how work helps bring you closer to those things you value the most, whether that is God, family or something else.
G. Scott Morris
There are 97 articles by G. Scott Morris :
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September 2022
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Spirit of Memphis Morris: Church Health continues to reflect the good in Memphis
Thirty-five years ago, on Sept. 1, 1987, Church Health opened for the first time and cared for 12 people. In the ensuing years, more than 80,000 different individuals have come through our doors seeking help.
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August 2022
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Guest ColumnistsMorris: Nuclear energy could solve global warming
Opinion: With nuclear power, once the reactor that TerraPower has developed is turned on, it will produce enough energy for 250,000 to 400,000 homes every minute of every day with essentially no risk to the planet.
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July 2022
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Guest ColumnistsOpinion: Dobbs decision not only about abortion but about women’s rights more broadly
“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.”
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June 2022
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Guest ColumnistsGuest column: We would be smart to study Eisenhower’s 1944 approach to leadership
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.
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May 2022
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Guest Columnists Morris: What would Jesus do? Does that question matter anymore?
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.
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OpinionGuest column: May 1 is a day to focus on the workers of the world
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.
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April 2022
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Guest ColumnistsGuest column: Accountant’s dedication, resilience is an inspiration
“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.”
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March 2022
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Guest Columnists Guest column: What is the value of humility?
“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.”
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Guest ColumnistsGuest Column: It is time to go back to church, to synagogue, to the mosque
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.
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February 2022
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Guest Columnists Guest column: What if we lived believing God loved us?
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?”
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January 2022
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Guest ColumnistsGuest column: Dallas synagogue attack shows nothing subtle about antisemitism
“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.”
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Guest Columnists Guest column: What’s going to put a smile on your face this year?
‘As this new year begins ... I’m committing to three areas that daily will make my life healthier and meaningful.’
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December 2021
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Guest Columnists Morris: Why revitalizing Tom Lee Park is good for all Memphians
‘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.’
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October 2021
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Opinion Morris: Join us Tuesday to remember those we’ve lost to COVID
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.
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Guest Columnists Opinion: There remains kindness in the world and I can prove it
Acts of kindness transformed how I was thinking about the world in ways I pray I will not soon forget.
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September 2021
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Guest Columnists Opinion: The commitment, compassion of ‘Rabbi Micah’
What makes Micah special, beside his gift for words, is that he understands the meaning of commitment.
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Find those offering moral leadership amid division
The truth is that America has never been a country where everyone just got along and lived in harmony.
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August 2021
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Set expectations for being better together
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.
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July 2021
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Guest Columnists Opinion: The impact of COVID-19 on faith is a mixed bag
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.
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June 2021
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Guest Columnists Opinion: On D-Day 77 years ago, victory was uncertain
“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.”
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May 2021
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Guest Columnists Opinion: A friend’s death provides insight
Lynne Turley taught music in the Memphis City Schools for 22 years. She believed that every child was musical.
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April 2021
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Guest Columnists Opinion: The shooting death of a 4-year-old calls for outrage
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.
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Guest Columnists Opinion: A pattern for ‘making babies’ teaches diversity
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.
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March 2021
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Guest Columnists Opinion: The ‘irrational disease’ of anti-Semitism persists
‘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.’
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