by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 27, 2010 | Opinion
A story from Religion News Service reports that if someone could gather up all the Bibles either being used or gathering dust in U.S. homes, the stack would be 29 million feet tall – a tower that would rise more than 5,400 miles. For comparative purposes, the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 25, 2010 | Opinion
A “Hopeful Imagination” seminar hosted Oct. 22-23 by First Baptist Church of Wilmington brought together more than 300 church leaders from eight or nine states, all hoping to find help in imagining a new and brighter future for their congregations. ...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 22, 2010 | Opinion
A story from Religion News Service reports that if someone could gather up all the Bibles either being used or gathering dust in American homes, the stack would be 29 million feet tall — a tower that would rise more than 5,400 miles. For comparative...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 20, 2010 | Opinion
I’m having a hard time getting the high sense of entitlement that has led to hundreds of street protests in France, some of which have turned violent. More than a million people have been rallying in the streets, going on strike, shutting down transportation...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 18, 2010 | Opinion
When the skeptic-turned-believer C. S. Lewis wrote an autobiographical account of his early years, he called it Surprised by Joy. One of the central points Lewis made was that joy is not automatic. It is not something you can buy at the store. It is not something you...