by Michael Ruffin | Jun 23, 2009 | Opinion
In August 1979, the day that my wife, Debra, graduated from Mercer University in Georgia, we moved to Louisville, Ky., for me to begin seminary education at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. We would spend the next seven years in Louisville while I pursued first...
by Michael Ruffin | Jun 17, 2009 | Opinion
My name is Mike – and I’m a moderate. There, I said it and I feel better. I’m a practical moderate. I try to live a moderate lifestyle, doing little to excess – except when I find a dish of real banana pudding. I’m a political moderate; on some...
by Michael Ruffin | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
Rather than the traditional children’s sermon, here at First Baptist Church of Fitzgerald, Ga., we have something called the Happy Club, which features the Happy Sack. This practice was instigated by the esteemed interim pastor who was my predecessor, Dr. Ches...
by Michael Ruffin | Mar 11, 2009 | Opinion
My wife collects Precious Moments figurines. Most of the little statuettes that reside in her curio cabinet were given to her by me on various special occasions or holidays because (a) I love her, (b) she likes them, (c) they make a convenient gift when I don’t know...
by Michael Ruffin | Dec 18, 2008 | Opinion
My wife likes nativity scenes. We have some very nice ones that we have acquired over the years. We also have a couple of new ones; I picked up a stone nativity at St. John’s College in Minnesota last summer and we bought a “brush” type—you’d have to see it to...
