by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 4, 2008 | Opinion
Hawaiians are passionate about preserving remnants, at least, of their culture, and few things are more important than the hula. For Hawaiian Baptists, the ancient dance is more than a cultural memory, however: the hula can be holy.I suspect that when most of us think...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 3, 2008 | Opinion
I write this after almost 23 hours of wakefulness, almost 14 of them spent in airplanes and airports. But I also write with gratitude.I’m in Honolulu, of all places, for a meeting of the Baptist World Alliance Executive Committee and other associated committees...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 29, 2008 | Opinion
Nobody puts ’em away like the U.S.A.That’s the mind-boggling gist of a new study showing that more than one in 100 American adults are currently in jail. That’s 2,319,258 jailbirds, at an average annual cost of more than $23,000 per inmate.The...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 27, 2008 | Opinion
A massive study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has found that the religious landscape of the U.S. is shifting beneath our feet. The results should not be surprising to those who keep an eye on religious trends, but they provide valuable empirical...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 25, 2008 | Opinion
In recent weeks I’ve had several opportunities to teach the Book of Job in churches holding a winter Bible study. Most of these have come during the season of Lent, when Job seems particularly appropriate.Lent is a time when Christians are called to meditate...
