by John D. Pierce | Jun 20, 2011 | Opinion
Bees working an oakleaf hydrangea by John PierceBy John Pierce National Pollinator Week is upon us once again and I hope you are making big plans. Even if not, the most unaware benefits greatly from nature’s some 200,000 pollinators whose good work provide the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 20, 2011 | Opinion
When messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention gathered in Phoenix last week, the 4,800 souls present represented the smallest attendance in 67 years. That’s a long time, and a long way from the days when tens of thousands converged every year. The meeting...
by Martin Marty | Jun 20, 2011 | Opinion
Life is short, and if you want to spend what’s left of it examining the results of the latest poll of attitudes toward abortion, follow the link to the Public Religion Research Institute and receive the unsummarized set of findings. If you have other uses with...
by Chuck Warnock | Jun 20, 2011 | Opinion
Recently I canceled my LinkedIn and Plaxo accounts. I had previously canceled my Twitter account, but now have one under @PeaceFriendsCom to promote my blog, PeaceFriends.com. I mostly look at my own family’s Facebook postings and photos and spend almost no time...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 20, 2011 | Opinion
Let it be said from the start that I have considerable sympathies for the Palestinians who seek a safe and rightful homeland in the West Bank and Gaza. They have been lied to and mistreated in many ways and at many times since the establishment of the modern state of...
by James L. Evans | Jun 17, 2011 | Opinion
While attending graduate school at the University of Virginia, I had the opportunity to participate in a study that examined religion from a sociological and cultural perspective. While most of the work focused on contemporary issues growing out of the sociology of...
