by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 8, 2007 | Opinion
If you read this post from BT’s Oct. 7 list of links or in your local newspaper, perhaps you were as taken aback as I was that multiple youth groups are using the new video game “Halo 3” as a draw for getting kids to church.The wildly popular sci-fi...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 5, 2007 | Opinion
Chowan University, a small Baptist school in northeastern North Carolina, is experiencing a revival on more fronts than one. Since taking office as interim president in 2003 — and being named permanent president in 2004 — Chris White has led the school to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 3, 2007 | Opinion
While working on an earlier post about Doug Pagitt being axed from the upcoming Wired2Grow conference in North Carolina, I couldn’t help being reminded of something I’d noticed before: the “preacher” uniform has really changed, at least in some...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 1, 2007 | Opinion
I noted in a recent blog that emergent church leader Doug Pagitt, popular pastor of Solomon’s Porch in Minneapolis and author of several books that challenge traditional thinking about church, has been dis-invited from speaking at the annual Wired2Grow event...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 29, 2007 | Opinion
Perhaps you have seen the Associated Press report about official “morality police” that have been sent through West Bank towns to enforce adherence to rituals associated with the month-log feast of Ramadan. Muslims observe Ramadan by refraining from eating...
