by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 27, 2009 | Opinion
The annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance is being held this week in the town of Ede, in the Netherlands, about 45 miles inland from Amsterdam, where the first Baptist church was begun 400 years ago. We’ll hold a special anniversary service in Amsterdam...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 24, 2009 | Opinion
On a recent trip to Israel, we explained to participants the tradition of folding written prayers and tucking them into a crack or crevice in Jerusalem’s famous Western Wall (also known as the “Wailing Wall,” or in Hebrew, the “Kotel”)....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 22, 2009 | Opinion
It was 40 years ago this week that two earthlings first set foot on the moon, and every media outlet worth its salt has done some sort of retrospective about it. Most end with the question of where we go from here: former president Bush announced plans for a return to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 19, 2009 | Opinion
I hadn’t seen this much blood since two of my teeth were knocked nearly through my cheek during a college intramural football game almost 40 years ago.It started with a ceiling fan, though not in the way you might imagine. To cut a long story short, while...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 17, 2009 | Opinion
Happily home from Israel and having gorged on the homegrown tomatoes, squash, and bacon I’d been missing, I reflected on the importance of having something to drink.Before the trip, we encouraged participants to read James Michener’s The Source, a lengthy...
