Read more about the article David W. Hegg: Enough superlatives already!
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David W. Hegg: Enough superlatives already!

Earlier today I finally hit my tipping point. What began long ago as an incitement to chuckle, and, over time, has grown to be a simple, common annoyance, has now…

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Read more about the article David W. Hegg: A better set of expectations
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David W. Hegg: A better set of expectations

We live in a society where everyone has expectations of everyone around them. But maybe it’s time we all took a breath, hit the pause button on our fixation on…

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Read more about the article David Hegg: Reflections on the ethics of beauty
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David Hegg: Reflections on the ethics of beauty

I am always fascinated by those for whom all reality can be reduced to physical parts and processes. For them, the data of hard science form the only building blocks…

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Read more about the article David Hegg: Dads, don’t let your children grow up to be …
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David Hegg: Dads, don’t let your children grow up to be …

Back in the day, during one of my occasional detours into country music, I became a fan of the old T.R. Dallas tune “Momma Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up…

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Read more about the article David W. Hegg: The virtue of improvement
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David W. Hegg: The virtue of improvement

Unless you're on a long-term media fast, or just disinterested in public conversations, you've no doubt realized just how tough it is to be in the public eye today. We…

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Read more about the article David Hegg: Answering the big ones about life’s purpose
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David Hegg: Answering the big ones about life’s purpose

Every year as the “spring break” scene is played out with unfettered passion on the breaches of Florida, we are treated to news footage of college students throwing caution –…

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Read more about the article David Hegg: Truth and trust
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David Hegg: Truth and trust

Every leader understands the principle that communication breeds trust, while lack of communication tends to breed suspicion. When we are open about things, others tend to appreciate and accept what…

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Read more about the article David Hegg: What happened to tolerance?
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David Hegg: What happened to tolerance?

If we listed the cardinal virtues, one of them would be patience. It also goes under the names of “longsuffering” and “tolerance.” It is in this last guise – tolerance…

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Read more about the article David Hegg: On winning and losing
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David Hegg: On winning and losing

This weekend we will get a bit of respite from the chaos and craziness each day’s headlines have been bringing for the past weeks. All the protests, flag-burning and revolutionary…

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Read more about the article David Hegg: To what rights do we have a right?
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David Hegg: To what rights do we have a right?

A man and his wife flew to Hawaii for some fun and relaxation. Out they went into the sun and, having foregone sunscreen, they got severely sunburned. “What?” exclaimed the…

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David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

Virtue as control

In 1924, Winston Churchill wrote an essay on the horrible problems posed by modern warfare entitled “Shall We Commit Suicide?” After proving the history of mankind is the history of…

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