by Larry Greenfield | Oct 28, 2009 | Opinion
Health-care legislation has finally reached the Senate for action. It’s been a long wait; the relevant committees in the House of Representative took their action quite a while back. And now, of course, the issue comes down to money. Who is going to pay? And how...
by Larry Greenfield | Oct 5, 2009 | Opinion
I’m involved in a dispute with a long-time friend and former teacher about the interpretation of a passage in Mark. It’s the one about a person coming to Jesus with the question of what must be done to inherit eternal life. (Mark 10: 17-22) You’ll...
by Larry Greenfield | Sep 24, 2009 | Opinion
My younger daughter, Jessica, was watching TV in the family room of our third-floor apartment more than 30 years ago. At one point she yelled, “Daddy, Daddy, Mrs. Brown is on the show.” I looked carefully at the female characters on the TV, some white and...
by Larry Greenfield | Sep 16, 2009 | Opinion
I was a little concerned that the 24 Lutherans in the U.S. Congress (four in the Senate and 20 in the House; 15 Democrats and nine Republicans) wouldn’t get the message when they attend church this coming Sunday. That’s because, remembering how Luther...
by Larry Greenfield | Aug 25, 2009 | Opinion
Reading the pep talk at the end of Ephesians, one could get the impression that the Christian game plan is all defense. The writer (or writers) of this epistle, penned in the name of the Apostle Paul, tells members of the company of Christ that they should put on the...
