by Joe LaGuardia | Sep 18, 2013 | Opinion
I remember one day when my father showed me a black-and-white photo of him and his buddies from his high-school days. They were all Italian – bred and raised in a typical 1950s neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y. Dad showed me the picture because I was trying to rediscover...
by Joe LaGuardia | Sep 12, 2013 | Opinion
The extraordinary and history-making cold spell we experienced in Georgia several weeks ago reminded me of a time when one of my good friends posted on Facebook. The gist of the comment was that with all this cold weather, human-induced climate change is certain to be...
by Joe LaGuardia | Sep 3, 2013 | Opinion
A recent report released by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution shows that the religious landscape of the United States is quite diverse and will shift in fundamental ways over the next two generations. A plurality of Americans, for...
by Joe LaGuardia | Jul 30, 2013 | Opinion
We Baptists love our sermons. In our churches, the pulpit takes center stage. We spend lots of money paying good preachers and, for many churches, the sermons keep getting longer. The best sermons embody God’s Word. More important, they encourage us to embody...
by Joe LaGuardia | Jun 7, 2013 | Opinion
Psalm 133 joyfully declares, “How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!” I have experienced this kind of pleasure whenever I get the opportunity to work with other clergy and Christians in our county. It is invaluable to be on...
