by Bob Allen | Apr 13, 2004 | News
The president of the Baptist Medical/Dental Fellowship says he is resigning his office immediately and withdrawing as a member of the volunteer organization because of a recent agreement expanding and formalizing the group’s partnership with the Cooperative...
by Bob Allen | Apr 12, 2004 | News
Ministers need time off–not only for their physical and mental health–but also as a spiritual practice of honoring their body, says a Harvard Divinity School teacher who has written a book exploring the relationship between bodily care and practices of...
by Bob Allen | Apr 7, 2004 | News
In a confluence that happens just every several years, Holy Week leading up to Easter overlaps with the Jewish Passover, an eight-day celebration which began Monday at sundown. That, along with the discussion surrounding Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the...
by Bob Allen | Apr 7, 2004 | News
In the latest twist on an urban legend that will not die, an e-mail message is making the rounds purporting to be a warning from Focus on the Family’s James Dobson about a supposed attempt to ban religious broadcasting from America’s airwaves. The Focus on...
by Bob Allen | Apr 5, 2004 | News
Moderate Baptist publisher Cecil Staton, who two years ago ran unsuccessfully for Congress on a platform reaching out to the religious right, is re-entering politics, thanks to a court-ordered redistricting that puts his Georgia state Senate district up for grabs....
