Insight: Is Democracy the Guarantee?
Recent interviews in Europe for the upcoming Vision video based on the series Messiahs! Rulers and the Role of Religion emphasized the disturbing truth that humanity has no sure protection against the rise of totalitarianism.
Insight: Who Will Save Us?
History teaches some sad lessons about leaders who answer the self-perceived call of destiny, abetted by publics overwhelmed by social, economic and political disorder.
Insight: Worthwhile Writing
For the past decade, Vision has published in print and on the Web a wide range of material on the key issues of our time.
Insight: “Writing About Prostitutes”
A recent article in the U.S. magazine Atlantic carried the headline “Is Pornography Adultery?” and noted that “it may be closer than you think.” Let’s be honest with ourselves and admit that pornography is not a necessary evil. It’s just plain wrong.
Insight: What We Watch
Many people believe that we can watch anything and everything to no ill effect. But is this true?
Insight: A Vision for Life
Combining wisdom and overview in distant times, Solomon preserved the following proverb for posterity: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Yet even in this apparently straightforward quote about vision, all is not as it seems on the surface.
Insight: Rediscovering the Language of Values
Is it merely coincidence that right now a debate is developing in the United Kingdom over the reinvigoration of the traditional family and its responsibility for moral education and the instilling of values in the young?
Insight: Thy Kingdom Come . . .
In his recent book, Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI sets out to distill the understanding he has come to after a lifelong theological study of Christianity’s central figure. Is his understanding consistent with the biblical record?
Insight: Sources of Knowledge
How we come to know what we know is at the center of an often fierce battle being waged against religious belief. Several leading writers have recently authored books with the intent of showing that belief in God is irrational.
Insight: Two Men, One City
Why has Jerusalem been such a stumbling block in peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis? Two surprising events immediately following the Six-Day War serve as a symbol of the deep-rooted ties to Jerusalem of Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, and the former PLO president, Yasser Arafat.
Insight: Bringing Back Character
It has become increasingly difficult to maintain individual standards of morality and character, and to teach our children why morality matters.
Insight: The Way of Peace?
Identity awareness means asking and answering the question, “Who am I?” But this is only the starting point in resolving intercommunal problems.
August 22, 2006
Fighting the Truce: Identities and the Israel-Hezbollah War
There are already signs of the U.N. brokered ceasefire agreement in Lebanon beginning to unravel. Vision publisher David Hulme offers insight on what it will take to get at a lasting end to these continuing and deep-rooted hostilities.
Insight: A Different Species
Asking what makes human beings unique brings to mind an interesting list of attributes and activities, both positive and negative. But what really makes us different from the other animals?
August 1, 2006
Reflections: The Israel-Lebanon Vortex and the Challenge to Identities
The short-term political goals of either side in the deepening crisis in southern Lebanon may be achieved by military strategy, but more violence will ultimately deepen the problem in the long run. The solution to a lasting peace requires deep change and it must start with leadership. David Hulme examines the crisis in light of new theories about how minds can be dramatically changed.
Insight: Don't Worry, Be Happy
Because the brain has plasticity, our predispositions may be more malleable than we think.
Insight: Opening Up the Lines
The world is drowning in information. Is it still possible to have effective and meaningful communication? We invite Vision readers to help us accomplish this goal.
Insight: Memory and Morality
With the recent death in Vienna of Simon Wiesenthal, a voice has been stilled, a light has gone out. What can we learn from his life and work that will illuminate our moral priorities? Read publisher David Hulme's editorial from the latest issue of Vision.
Insight: Right Use
A few years ago, a designer introduced me to the concept of right use as a principle underlying good design. By that, he meant that when things are designed with human beings as the end users, the design has to have their best interests in mind.
Insight: At First Glance
Things are not always as they may first appear. It is easy to be taken in by outward appearances.
Insight: Folly Marches On
People will believe almost anything, it seems, despite the availability of credible and feasible alternatives.
Insight: Working for Balance
When it comes to the kind of work that is spiritual in nature, engaged in for the sake of others or in obedience to the Creator, the Bible is filled with principle and practice.
Insight: Who Am I? Who Should I Be?
Meaningful change is achieved by personal action that arises from the self-directed will to do the right thing for the good of all.
Insight: Power Plays
If what lies behind the purposes, goals and desire to control others is not right and good, human beings can do unspeakable evil to each other.
Insight: No Questions Asked
As human beings we want sure foundations for living and for teaching our children, not possibly weak footings of someone else's too often unproven ideas.
Insight: Missing the Mark
Knowing the difference between good and evil is one of the most important pieces of understanding we can have.
Insight: Of Darkness and Light
The issues of faith and reason, science and religion, underlie much of the current distress in the world. Yet they are not necessarily set in opposition to each other as many have supposed.
Insight: Ideas, Truth and Freedom
On the spiritual side of life there are many ideas with suspect origins.
Insight: Who Will Save the Planet?
In this issue of Vision we review some of the developing environmental and social threats and show the hope that lies beyond today's bad news.
Insight: What Is Truth?
What is truth? Can we really know for sure? In this issue we explore the subject of truth from several angles.
Insight: Learning to Lead
Those who can set a Christlike example of humility, and yet tell the unvarnished truth in a genthe and kind way, are the leaders to follow.
Insight: Turning Points
September 11, 2001—"Nothing will ever be the same again."
Insight: The Cult of the Expert
In this issue Vision explores the subjects of marriage, family and sex, and how they have been affected by flawed “expert” knowledge.
Insight: Diseases of the Heart
The heart is more than a muscular pumb that is sometimes diseased. We also speak of it as the seat of emotional well-being.
Insight: Technology's Tower
It seems that nothing is beyond our reach when it comes to conquering the physical world, but we're at a loss to deal with moral questions.
Insight: The Unique Mind
The human mind is not just the result of physicochemical reactions within the brain. There is a spirit in men and women that renders them human and unique.
Insight: What Kind of World Do We Want?
What kind of world do we want? It's a question that's increasingly overshadowed by the reality that the individual feels powerless in the face of massive societal change. But are we the ones who will determine the future of humanity?
Insight: Here's to Life
This issue of Vision explores several facets of life's complexities, from genetics and the peril and promise of biotechnology, to the responsibility inherent in educating our children.
Insight: Seeking Answers
Solving humanity's most pressing problems lies in seeking moral and spiritual answers.
Insight: A Vision for the New Middle East?
Shimon Peres continues to break the mold. In his own words he has shifted from being a “terrible hawk” to espousing the cause of peace.
Insight: Five Words
The ability to focus beyond immediate circumstances is an elsuive gift. Both are aspects of good vision. But from where does this vision come?
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