by Ircel Harrison | Nov 18, 2010 | Opinion
Recent news reports tell us that Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral in California has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Church leaders disclosed that the church is close to $50 million in debt. Some have seen this as the harbinger of the death of the megachurch....
by Ircel Harrison | Nov 10, 2010 | Opinion
In a recent article at EthicsDaily.com, John Hewett, the first moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF), shared hindsight on the position he and other moderate Baptists took at the beginning of the CBF “movement.” Hewett realizes now that his...
by Ircel Harrison | Oct 21, 2010 | Opinion
Anyone who knows me well would never mistake me for an athlete. A brisk walk and a leisurely swim are about as athletic as I get. I do watch sports, however, and my children and grandchildren are (or have been) involved in various athletic endeavors. I am around these...
by Ircel Harrison | Sep 16, 2010 | Opinion
Up to this point in my life, I have been a member of 10 different churches in five different states. They had much in common but significant differences as well. Each had its own culture. For the sake of clarity, perhaps a definition of “culture” would be...
by Ircel Harrison | Aug 31, 2010 | Opinion
Our community is not large, but we now have several coffee shops. As I stopped by one this morning, I started thinking about the differences among the several that I frequent. There is, of course, the major national – or perhaps even international – chain. They have...
