Guest Columnists
Guest 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.
G. Scott Morris
There are 88 articles by G. Scott Morris :
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March 2022
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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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February 2021
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Explore Memphis as a pilgrim, not a tourist
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.
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January 2021
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Resolutions to help us face ‘the real work of life’
Scott Morris: “The year of COVID-19 taught me that there might not be time for all the fanciful dreams we put on hold.”
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December 2020
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Guest Columnists Opinion: A premature birth, a baptism and a prayer
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.
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November 2020
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Guest Columnists Opinion: What it means to be an American
We will elect a president, but the fundamental nature of being an American does not depend on a single individual; it depends on our collective nature and the principles we practice.
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October 2020
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Some resolutions to support kindness
“When I overhear political conversations with which I disagree, I catch myself with unkind thoughts. I wonder how people can think like that... Then I realize my own thoughts reflect the reality I am condemning.”
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September 2020
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Guest ColumnistsOpinion: While life has slowed down, let the written word take you to new places
I started thinking about the books that have influenced my life most. Each of these books, at one point in my life, altered my thinking or changed my behavior in a meaningful way.
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August 2020
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Guest Columnists Opinion: ‘I’m not OK, and you’re not OK, and that’s OK’
Amid the struggles we are going through, the gist of William Sloane Coffin’s saying is on point. Except for the most disciplined of us all, who is not exhausted by the strain and uncertainty?
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July 2020
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Guest Columnists Opinion: She lived 87 years, and had nothing to regret
At Ora Alexander’s homegoing, only family could gather. But that was OK. Ora had already touched the lives of so many people she’d simply met in passing.
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June 2020
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Guest ColumnistsOppose racism, one ‘wondrous being’ at a time
We talk about “the homeless,” “the immigrants,” “the poor.” These are categories that are different from how we see ourselves. It allows us to remain in power.
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