by Robert Parham | Apr 21, 2011 | Opinion
Is the Christian left as captive to the Obama administration as the Christian right was to the Bush administration? EthicsDaily.com noted several weeks ago how few Christian leaders and commentators had weighed in against the use of U.S. military force in Libya....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 20, 2011 | Opinion
Prison chaplains could soon be getting the ax in North Carolina, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Like their colleagues in other states, NC lawmakers are faced with a severe budget crunch, and some want to trim $3 million from the budget by eliminating the...
by Douglas Sharp | Apr 20, 2011 | Opinion
As communities of Christians prepare to celebrate Easter the world over, some in the English-speaking world may be surprised to learn that a new “Bible” has appeared and has quickly rushed to be the top-seller on Amazon’s spirituality category. It is...
by Mark Woods | Apr 20, 2011 | Opinion
Research claiming to explain the relationship between low rates of churchgoing and longer life spans makes fascinating reading. It can never be the whole story, as there is always the United States exception – high churchgoing, long lives – and there are other ways of...
by Bruce Prescott | Apr 19, 2011 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The Sierra Club sponsored a panel discussion April 13 at a venue near an EPA hearing in Oklahoma City to educate Oklahomans about the effects of coal pollution. Bruce Prescott served as one of the panelists. Below are his remarks. I am here to...
by Charles Kimball | Apr 19, 2011 | Opinion
Sitting less than five feet from the Ayatollah Khomeini in his modest home in Qom on Christmas Day of 1979, I was riveted not only by his words but also by his facial expression. In contrast to the fiery, defiant media images of the Ayatollah, his demeanor was warm...
