Morris: Our local needs outweigh our national desires
“It isn’t new for bitterness and meanness to enter into American politics. It existed even from people we consider to be the founders of the nation.”
G. Scott Morris
There are 79 articles by G. Scott Morris :
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November 2024
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Guest Columnists
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October 2024
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Guest Columnists Morris: Spiritual problems require spiritual solutions
“Studies have shown as many as 50% of the matters brought to primary-care physicians have no basis in a problem that any pharmaceutical can help.”
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September 2024
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Guest Columnists Morris: 15 things that still make Church Health special
Scott Morris listed 15 points that his younger self believed were important in how he went about doing my work and matters he believed were important in life.
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August 2024
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Guest Columnists Morris: How should we respond to panhandling?
A study in Texas a few years ago concluded that on average, in a six-hour day, panhandlers “make” about $10 an hour. What is the right thing to do when someone on the street asks you for money? I believe the answer lies inside of you and has little to do with the person doing the asking.
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July 2024
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Guest Columnists Morris: Why has baseball lost the interest of Black athletes?
“If baseball is to truly be America’s game, it can only do so if it represents all Americans.”
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Opinion Morris: Prosperity gospel does no one any favors
When it comes to matters of health, the prosperity gospel does no one any favors. It too easily causes people to believe they are ill or suffer because of a failure of faith.
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June 2024
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Opinion Morris: Shut out the negative and focus on what matters
“A city is made up of its people, and we have beautiful people. ... Every day, I come away inspired by the hardworking souls who go unseen in our midst.”
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Opinion Morris: Don’t be silent when confronted with antisemitism
In a court of law silence connotes consent. The only way antisemitism can be limited is if Christians refuse to tolerate words and acts that belittle Jews.
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May 2024
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Opinion Morris: Caring for the uninsured requires the whole health care system
“According to the latest statistics, Memphis’s population is 621,000, and 16.5% are uninsured, meaning 102,000 are affected.”
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April 2024
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Opinion Morris: Hospitals are struggling, which is bad for all of us
“In this Easter season, what could be more biblical than helping the poor who are almost blind to get their vision back? For Memphis to thrive as a community, we need to be healthy in body and spirit.”
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March 2024
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Guest Columnists Morris: We should be able to have a meal together
In the next several weeks: Ramadan is observed until April 9; Christians celebrate Easter March 31 and Jews will celebrate Passover April 22 - 30. I pray that these holy days where we each believe God loves us in a special way can open our hearts to remember that God loves us all just the same.
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Opinion Morris: ‘We pay the cost’ of diseases we ignore
“Currently 7,000 people in Memphis are known to be HIV-positive. We think almost 1 million people in America have HIV... which means a lot of people are exposed to HIV and don’t have a clue.”
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February 2024
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Opinion Morris: Turley’s wisdom and experience make him an asset to Memphis
“There are a million Henry Turley stories to point out that he is still available to help solve our city’s problems. He retired from the Henry Turley Co. a few months ago, which means he now has more time to work on solving those problems.”
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January 2024
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Opinion Morris: Everybody needs to recognize ‘the plight of the uninsured’
“There are 25.6 million people who are uninsured in this country. That’s more than the population of 177 countries and every state other than Texas and California.”
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December 2023
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Opinion Morris: ‘Kindness is a learned response’
“As Christmas approaches, many platitudes will surround us about love and harmony. I hope we can commit ourselves to the discipline required to become truly kind souls.”
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November 2023
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Opinion Morris: Finding a primary physician leads to better health
“The data is clear that having a physician you develop a relationship with over time leads to better health outcomes in almost every way that can be measured.”
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October 2023
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Scott Morris on Memphis connections to the attacks in Israel
“While sitting inside the sanctuary at Temple Israel, I looked around at my Jewish friends. It touched me deeply that, had they been in Ashkelon last Saturday, they could have been killed just because they are Jews.”
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Opinion Morris: When money controls our lives, it is difficult to find a moral compass
“God’s love is infinite, and a piece of infinity is infinity. If we continue to measure our lives using money as a guide, there will never be enough.”
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August 2023
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Opinion Morris: ‘Missing the embrace of humor’ by candidates for mayor
“I know that we face serious matters in our city, but that will always be the case. I am looking for a mayor who can lead through serious matters without taking herself or himself too seriously.”
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Guest Columnists Morris: Tom Lee Park reflects the glory of Memphis
“I hope we will all treat it with honor and respect because Tom Lee Park will change the way outsiders view our city and how we see ourselves.”
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July 2023
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Guest Columnists Morris: Rhodes soup kitchen defies the odds
“The Tuesday soup kitchen, run by students at Rhodes, is the longest-running college student-led soup kitchen in the country. I find this jaw-droppingly impressive.”
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June 2023
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Guest Columnists Scott Morris: Many churches are struggling post-COVID
On a recent trip to Europe, I found few people engaged in regular religious life. Beautiful cathedrals were mostly for tourists and not worshipers. I don’t feel in America we are headed down the same path.
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May 2023
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Guest Columnists Morris: Purging TennCare will wreak havoc on patients, hospitals
“Life can be hard, and the best way for all of us to make it through the troubles of the world is to care for one another. If we can commit to this, we will make it through the difficult road we all travel down.”
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Guest ColumnistsG. Scott Morris: Pondering what constitutes ‘the Good Life’
“Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, and above all these put on love which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”
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April 2023
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Guest Columnists Morris: Justin Pearson spoke through the hearts of all who grieve
“I think there is no question that Justin Pearson’s expulsion has given him a much bigger pulpit from which to preach. I now count myself as a member of his flock. What I pray for us all is that we will let compassion and love be the forces which lead us all forward.”
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