by Tony W. Cartledge | May 16, 2008 | Opinion
The military regime that runs Myanmar has finally granted visas to members of Baptist World Aid Rescue24, according to a press release from the Baptist World Alliance. Baptist World Aid (BWAid) is the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance. Rescue24...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 14, 2008 | Opinion
A friend pointed me to a new phenomenon that’s gotten little publicity before now: growing numbers of people with mental illnesses — or “extreme mental states,” as some prefer to call them — have chosen to become more open about their...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 12, 2008 | Opinion
After three straight days of graduation-related exercises, I’ve about had my fill of both pomp and circumstance.In the academic world, we dress up for formal occasions — and everyone has to wear a dress. I know they’re technically “robes”...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 9, 2008 | Opinion
A group of mainly conservative Evangelicals has recently promoted an “Evangelical Manifesto” that appears to be designed as a voice of moderation calling on Evangelicals to avoid getting sucked into becoming toadies for a political ideology.Like the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 7, 2008 | Opinion
While most of us have been giving our primary attention to primary election results, hundreds of thousands of people along the coast of Burma (aka Myanmar) have focused on survival — and on trying to find the bodies of their loved ones among the estimated 22,500...
