by William Brackney | Jul 11, 2010 | Opinion
Years ago the eminent Walter Rauschenbush wrote regarding women in ministry, “Plainly women are here as our equals in religion, in the intellectual life, in industry and in the life of our commonwealths. When a thing is both right and inevitable, we might as...
by William Brackney | Jun 14, 2010 | Opinion
As a child growing up in the nation’s capital, I often rode past the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Va. It depicts a striking moment in American history that commemorates the raising of the American flag on a distant island in the Pacific War by a Marine...
by William Brackney | Jun 10, 2010 | Opinion
Tony Hayward, BP’s CEO, has placed the corporate executive squarely in public view these days. It’s not an attractive image. We tend to associate these people with unbridled greed, hedonistic lifestyles, raw exercise of power, smug self-confidence,...
by William Brackney | Jun 3, 2010 | Opinion
Canadian Christianity is often cast in the shadow of its American counterparts. But it also has its own provocative, self-generated contributions. A recent example is Gretta Vosper’s “With or Without God: Why the Way We Live Is More Important Than What We...
by William Brackney | May 7, 2010 | Opinion
Given their unique congregational structures, Baptists have easily adopted tribal patterns for their ongoing solidarity. These can be based upon linguistic, cultural, regional or theological factors. For instance, we know of Hispanic Baptists, black Baptists, Southern...
