Great moral leaders can transcend faith traditions. from Moral Leadership for a Divided Age
03199 – Moral Leadership
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03138 – Derogation of Duty
High moral and ethical standards are essential, and they don't change from one job to another, or from one level of authority to another. Honesty, truthfulness, integrity, unselfishness--these are always there. And whenever a leader violates these basic principles,...
02886 – Moral Imagination
We should acknowledge that moral imagination can rise above one’s culture but never transcend it completely. And we should honor the choice to be the one who does not wait for others but stands in the breach—or the choice to declare one’s own humanity in the face of a...
02787 – Calling Things What They Are
Let's just call things what they are. When a man's love of finery clouds his moral judgment, that is vanity. When he lets a demanding palate make his moral choices, that is gluttony. When he ascribes the divine will to his own whims, that is pride. And when he gets...
02433 – Church: Neither Master nor Servant of the State
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an...
02399 – Aim Above Morality
Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
02357 – Extraordinary Love
The identifying characteristic which sets apart Jesus' genuine followers from the rest of the world is not wisdom, nor right theology, nor moral righteousness, nor social power; it is extraordinary love.
02269 – Security in the Grace of God
I would rather live on the verge of falling and let my security be in the all-sufficiency of the grace of God than to live in some kind of pietistic illusion of moral excellence. My faith isn't in the idea that I'm more moral than anybody else. My faith is in the idea...
02124 – Finding a Way Forward
The world is growing more integrated, not less. Studying moral leadership is a way forward in a world where earnest people of faith have no choice but to speak to each other, not just about each other. from Moral Leadership for a Divided Age
02097 – The Moral Demands of Faith
Jesus made it clear that the moral demands of the faith he taught centered on love, justice, and mercy. I believe that God is, here as everywhere, nudging Christians toward love—love for the Creator, love for other people, love for self, love for the world God has...