by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 24, 2013 | Opinion
It wasn’t ET phoning home, but it felt about as strange when I came across one of America’s funkiest roadside attractions while returning from vacation last week. Just north of Natural Bridge, Virginia, within sight of Highway 11, stands...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 23, 2013 | Opinion
Life happens. Calvary Baptist Church at 8th and I streets, Washington, DCSometimes planned and measured, sometimes so fast you don’t see it coming. Sometimes it opens onto stunning new vistas, and sometimes it leads down a hard road. And sometimes all of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 17, 2013 | Opinion
Archaeologist Eilat Mazar, who has been excavating in the “City of David” area of Jerusalem for several years, has announced the finding of an inscription on the fragmentary remains of a large jar that dates from the 10th century B.C.E. — the oldest...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 15, 2013 | Opinion
I’m aware that a purist might find my use of “irony” inappropriate, but that’s the word that stood up and danced around in my head when I saw that Lottie Moon’s home church now has a female pastor. Lottie MoonLottie Moon was many things...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 12, 2013 | Opinion
People who pay attention to such things are aware that new pastors fail at an alarming rate. Why? Often, it’s because of a lack of skills or characteristics that seminaries either don’t teach, hardly teach, or really can’t teach, according to...
