by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 19, 2011 | Opinion
It must have been on the hike at Caraway, a couple of miles through the woods with several friends gathered for a faculty retreat, that I picked up a chigger just behind my left knee. I’d almost forgotten how much they can itch. As a boy growing up in rural...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 14, 2011 | Opinion
So, I’ve been working my way through the lectionary texts for 2012, outlining themes and choosing texts for the 2012 Nurturing Faith curriculum producted by Baptists Today. I’ve also been in happy conversation with several pastors who believe in advance...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 12, 2011 | Opinion
The stock market isn’t the only thing that’s been trending down lately. The Barna Group, which conducts and analyzes trends relative to faith and practice, reported recently that religious behavior has declined in a variety of ways during the past 20...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 10, 2011 | Opinion
On Monday I reflected on the bad news so common to our newspapers lately … and today I read that newspapers are facing bad news of their own: there’s been a rash of newspaper thefts, apparently fueled by an “Extreme Couponing” craze. ...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 8, 2011 | Opinion
Reading the newspaper or listening to the radio is getting harder these days, and a line from Don McLean’s “American Pie” keeps running through my head: “Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn’t take one more step …” There’s...
