Living with stress

Living with stress, I’m convinced, is a good thing — the only people who have no stress are dead.Stress can be hard on you, and some types of stress are much harder than others. But, as a series of articles in the Feb. 23 Newsweek magazine illustrates, the...

I Want to Go to Iraq

Not today, or tomorrow. Probably not for several years, and certainly not as a soldier — but I want to go to Iraq. I want to go as a tourist, a student, a pilgrim of sorts. I want to see where Western civilization was born, where writing was invented, where...

Good neighbors go the distance

I’ve been reflecting on the lengths to which some folks go to help others — not because they get paid for it, or even because they get a big “thank you,” but because they take Jesus’ command to love their neighbors seriously.And, because...

The next Baptist century

A news blog from Baptists Today:GREENSBORO, N.C. – How can Baptists maintain an effective witness into their fifth century of existence? More than 400 participants gathered at First Baptist Church February 9 to mark the 400th anniversary of the Baptist movement and to...