by Paul Montacute | Sep 2, 2003 | Opinion
I’m writing this from a hospital waiting room, while my wife is undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery. The doctor has promised that we’ll be able to take home photos of the surgery from inside the shoulder. All the staff are smartly dressed in crisp and...
by Paul Montacute | Aug 7, 2003 | Opinion
News reports about the most recent meeting of the Baptist World Alliance General Council focused on a 75-28 vote to accept the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship into membership. But much more went on that didn’t make headlines. This summer’s meeting in Rio de...
by Paul Montacute | Mar 18, 2003 | Opinion
BWAid continues to receive more requests for assistance with HIV-AIDS projects from Baptist communities around the world. Often when we are confronted with the enormity of the HIV-AIDS crisis around the world, the shear extent of the situation just overpowers us....
by Paul Montacute | Jan 21, 2003 | Opinion
The war will be telegenic, so the eyes of the world will sit and watch videogame-like pictures of destruction. Claims and counterclaims will be broadcast 24 hours a day. Meanwhile, many of the already needy in our global village will be ignored. I despair that Tony...
by Paul Montacute | Dec 24, 2002 | Opinion
It is still not too late to simplify your Christmas and reach out to those in whose faces we see the incarnate Christ. By doing this we can all find a way to get nearer to the true meaning of Christmas, and keep the excesses of consumerism and materialism at bay. We...
