by Tony W. Cartledge | May 9, 2012 | Opinion
[This is the third in a series of guest blogs by Abby Thornton from the Children, Youth, and New Kind of Christianity conference being held this week in Washington, D.C.] When I taught about the books of the Bible this spring, my kids at church were surprised to learn...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 8, 2012 | Opinion
[Another guest blog by Abby Thornton, from the “Children, Youth, and a New Kind of Christianity” conference in Washington, D.C.] I’m a little embarrassed to admit it, but I spent the first 20 minutes or so of Brian McLaren’s keynote...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 8, 2012 | Opinion
(The first of several guest blogs by Abby Thornton, who’s attending the C.Y.N.K.C. conference in Washington, D.C.) When I became a Pastor, I also became a Children’s Minister. This was a bit of a surprise; I had worked in Children’s and Youth...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 7, 2012 | Opinion
The bird is a placeholder. Actually, it’s holding a place in a vent that leads from my furnace and emerges from the wall above my back door. Since the furnace isn’t running, I’m letting it be for now — I believe this is a male bird bringing...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 4, 2012 | Opinion
No, the title is not about a wardrobe malfunction … you just never know when opportunities will arise to say something that needs to be said, or where those words will go … I was minding my own business on Tuesday afternoon when reporter Greg Phillips from...
