by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 11, 2010 | Opinion
The “boys’ beach retreat” ends later today, after three days in which Samuel and his friend mainly wanted to “chill” rather than go places. That’s been fine with me.I hit the beach shortly after sunrise each morning and walk north...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 9, 2010 | Opinion
So, here I am at the beach, trying to catch a few days of vacation before school responsibilities resume and ensconce me in a day of scintillating faculty orientation this Thursday. It’s a three-night “boys’ break,” just me and my son Samuel,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 4, 2010 | Opinion
This past Sunday morning, knowing that I’d be leaving Honolulu for an overnight flight home that evening, I did what I had done every morning for the past nine days that I’d been in town for some family vacation and to attend the Baptist World Congress: I...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 1, 2010 | Opinion
Meeting under the theme “Hear the Spirit,” more than 4,000 global Baptists gathered in Honolulu for the 20th Baptist World Congress July 28-31. Congress planners, who have been listening for the Spirit’s leading for the past five years, developed the daily programs...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 31, 2010 | Opinion
The good news is that more than 4,000 Baptists from 105 countries around the world are meeting in Hawai’i for the 20th Baptist World Congress of the Baptist World Alliance, and they’re having a wonderful, uplifting time.The bad news is that about 1,000...
