by James L. Evans | Mar 3, 2006 | Opinion
For millions of Christians this past week marked the beginning of our most Holy season–Easter. We start with Ash Wednesday, a day devoted to recalling God’s embrace of our humanity. Many believers wear the mark of the cross, made with ash and oil, as a...
by James L. Evans | Feb 23, 2006 | Opinion
Laura Hildebrand, author of the award winning book about the legendary, Seabiscuit, has emerged as an outspoken critic of the riding crop or “whip,” when used to enhance race horse performance. According to Hildebrand, the use of the whip is cruel. It...
by James L. Evans | Feb 16, 2006 | Opinion
Gov. Bob Riley deserves a lot of credit for trying to do something about Alabama’s grossly unfair income tax structure. The fact that we begin assessing income tax on a family of four that earns as little as $4,600 is a tragedy. So the governor’s desire to...
by James L. Evans | Feb 9, 2006 | Opinion
Once again churches are being burned in Alabama. Nine so far, but with great fear that there will be more. We’ve seen this before in the 1990’s, rural churches, mostly African-American congregations, torched and left in ruins. This round may be different....
by James L. Evans | Feb 3, 2006 | Opinion
I was fortunate this past week to have been in a meeting with Gardner Taylor, pastor emeritus of Brooklyn’s Concord Baptist Church. For nearly 50 years, this eloquent and wise minister guided a diverse congregation through some of the most tumultuous times our...
