by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 28, 2011 | Opinion
Attending the North Carolina Baptist Women in Ministry and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship meetings in Asheville reminded me why it’s important to have such meetings. We need to do business occasionally, and that went well. We like to worship together, and all...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 25, 2011 | Opinion
A student stopped by my office to talk about reading the Bible — go figure. He was dealing with a question that divinity school students often face: once you’ve learned to dig beneath the surface and read the Bible with an academic eye, how do you go back...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 23, 2011 | Opinion
Some years ago, Michael J. Fox starred in a science-fiction, time-machine themed movie called Back to the Future. The premise of the movie is that a young man travelled back in time and almost prevented his parents from meeting — which would have kept him from...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 21, 2011 | Opinion
Unless you suffer from severe allergies, it’s hard not to like spring, when flowers are everywhere from window baskets to shrubs to trees. My pansies are bursting with springtime energy, the azalea buds are about to pop, and the cherry tree won’t be far...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 18, 2011 | Opinion
… do they think I am? It wasn’t enough that for years I’ve received near-weekly emails from “Sister Beatrice” in India or “the honorable” something-or-other in the Republic of Congo, claiming they have millions of dollars and...
