by John D. Pierce | Jun 28, 2011 | Opinion
Volunteer Bill Allen shows visitors to the Tennessee Aquarium the proper way to touch stingrays and sharks.By John Pierce Our daughter Meredith’s first part-time job was at a delicious barbecue restaurant in Macon, Ga. After nearly three weeks of serving up the...
by Drew Smith | Jun 28, 2011 | Opinion
E pluribus unum. Out of many, one. I can’t help but look further back in time, long before U.S. history, to the Day of Pentecost narrated in Acts 2. In reading about this early group of Jesus followers waiting on the promised spirit, the very meaning of the...
by Sybil D. Smith | Jun 28, 2011 | Opinion
Robert Parham begged the right question in his piece, “Nation Weighs in on Remedies to Obesity” – Does the faith community have anything to say about food? I have spent more than 10 years working with folk from many congregations of numerous faith groups...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 27, 2011 | Opinion
The 20th General Assembly of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, held in Tampa June 22-25, has come and gone. Several friends have asked for my impressions of the meeting … so here are a few random thoughts. The 20th anniversary celebration on Wednesday night...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Jun 27, 2011 | Opinion
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is once again in the news, with its dire warnings about Greece’s debt and the U.S. deficit slowing down global economic growth. This tedious obsession with “growth” and fiscal management, while all other...
by Colin Harris | Jun 27, 2011 | Opinion
Recent gaffes by public figures who display their lack of historical knowledge provide easy entertainment. Most of the time they provide a good opportunity to clarify facts and refine assumptions. Amusing as these little embarrassments are, they have reminded me of...
