Same question, different answers

Have you ever sat in worship, “up close and personal,” with people who are very different than you — at least in the obvious ways? Try it, and you’ll discover that it adds a totally different dynamic to being church.My wife Jan (who writes a...

Sponsor switch sparks stress

Oh, the pain of it all. Could I find myself pulling for Junior?Some readers will immediately recognize my dilemma as NASCAR related. Others might need a bit of interpretation.I’m a so-so fan of the so-called “stock car” racing series, in which race...

Clean hands and a pure heart?

The next time you’re in a public restroom, look around — someone may be watching, and not just for foot tapping in the stalls. A recent study reports something we instinctively know: women are more likely than men to wash their hands before leaving the...

The Invisible Blog returns

After weeks of functioning beautifully, my blog disappeared from cyberspace last Friday. It was still there, but invisible, caught between servers in some sort of redirect loop that I (obviously) don’t fully understand. Fortunately, my friend George Frink does...

WMU-NC closer to move

Here’s a newsy update on the increasingly strained relationship between Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina (WMU-NC) and the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSC), a matter that WMU supporters across the country are watching...