by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 18, 2013 | Opinion
Sunrise on Jekyll Island’s Driftwood Beach during a staff retreat for Baptists Today … the beachfront on the northeast end of the island is a twisted mass of dead trees, some standing and some fallen, some unmoved for a hundred years, some washed ashore....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 13, 2013 | Opinion
How did I manage to miss this until now? Several newspapers and TV outlets have reported the past few days on a supposedly thriving movement of “atheist mega-churches.” Photo from 123RF.comFrom what I find in the news reports, the meetings aren’t...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 12, 2013 | Opinion
I’ve observed that birthday parties are often more about the person throwing the party than the one being honored. Children’s birthday parties, for example, can become de facto competitions between parents who want to outdo other kids’ parties: who...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 8, 2013 | Opinion
It happens every year, about this time. The bright green leaves hit every shade on the spectrum involving yellow and red, and it seems the sunsets have a little extra punch — or maybe it’s just that, with the time having changed, we’re more likely to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 6, 2013 | Opinion
I couldn’t help taking interest in recent news that Egypt’s famous King Tutankhamun — the boy king behind the solid gold death mask discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 — had a really bad time of it both before and after his death....