Have Yourself a Sparkly Christmas

by | Dec 19, 2002 | Opinion

Our neighborhood is sparkly again. Folks have decorated their homes for Christmas. Joanna, Lindsay, Molly and I never have lived where so many neighbors hang lights on just about everything within extension cord reach of an electrical socket. Five families in our...

‘5-second Rule’ and Crumbled Cookies

by | Dec 5, 2002 | Opinion

“Daddy, you’re just like a boy,” Molly declared. This was not exactly a compliment. But since “a boy” is what I’ve been all my life, I took no offense. But my offense was heinous: I ate a piece of cookie I’d dropped on the...

Thanksgiving Is a Time for Joy More Than Happiness

by | Nov 26, 2002 | Opinion

Very happy people are OK, according to a “standard happiness test” conducted by professors Ed Diener of the University of Illinois and Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania. The happiness gurus compared a sample of very happy college...

Missions Imperative Shapes Convention’s Identity

by | Nov 22, 2002 | Opinion

“Will the BGCT become a denomination?” That question, or something like it, echoed down the hallway of Baylor University’s Ferrell Center, site of the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual session last week. Its source was a nearly unanimous...