by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 7, 2009 | Opinion
Americans’ proclivity for do-it-yourself projects appears to be extending more and more into the religious arena, a tendency that has serious implications for the church. Parade Magazine recently reported on a survey of “Spirituality in America,” and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 5, 2009 | Opinion
I spent most of this past Saturday morning digging sweet potatoes at the Covenant Community Garden in Fuquay-Varina. We raise organic crops in a nice plot behind Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church. Gardeners share some of the harvest and the garden donates any...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 2, 2009 | Opinion
Brian McLaren delivered the Reavis lectures at Campbell University Divinity School this week, and he said lots of good things that were well worth hearing and ruminating upon. I may do a little of that in this space over the next few posts (or I may not)....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 30, 2009 | Opinion
I’m trying to be more charitable than critical, but I’m struggling with American evangelicalism’s penchant for military metaphors. Even as a child, I never liked singing “Onward Christian Soldiers,” for example — the image of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 28, 2009 | Opinion
This is my left hand. It’s not the most nimble of hands, but it serves me well, and since I’m a fully committed southpaw, that’s a good thing. I worked it hard this week, along with its partner, and a monstrous aerator I used on the lawn gave them...
