by Robert Parham | Jan 5, 2015 | Opinion
“Everything in her working life is organized around the illness,” wrote Wilt Hylton a week before Christmas in a New York Times magazine piece about Laura Hillenbrand. His piece – “The Unbreakable Laura Hillenbrand” – was a play off...
by Robert Parham | Dec 29, 2014 | Opinion
Don Sewell is EthicsDaily.com’s pick as Baptist of the Year for 2014. He is the director of Faith in Action Initiatives (FIA) at Baylor Scott and White Health (BSWH) in Dallas, which has been shipping containers of medical supplies and equipment to trouble zones...
by Robert Parham | Dec 9, 2014 | Opinion
Leaders of the world’s major religions gathered last week at the Vatican to show their united commitment to ending “modern slavery.” The “Declaration of Religious Leaders against Slavery” was signed by Pope Francis, Archbishop Justin...
by Robert Parham | Nov 18, 2014 | Opinion
Human rights is the Baptist “baby,” birthed in the teaching of Jesus, not the offspring of the Enlightenment. So argued Glen Stassen, former professor of Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary and long-time Baptist drum major for peacemaking, who...
by Robert Parham | Nov 7, 2014 | Opinion
The tectonic plates of politics shifted during the U.S. midterm elections. Republicans won decisive control of the U.S. Senate, winning states where only recently their prospects were doubtful. Republican control of the House of Representatives expanded. Republicans...
