by William T. Neal | Jan 19, 2019 | Opinion
By William T. Neal Jack Upchurch Harwell, prominent Baptist journalist in Georgia, died Jan. 18, at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. He was 86. A native of Mobile, Ala., he had lived in the metro Atlanta area for most of his adult life. Harwell was born Oct. 18, 1932, the...
by Hannah McMahan King | Jan 18, 2019 | Opinion
This coming week, we will once again celebrate as a nation Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The commercialization and popular nature of the holiday, like with Christmas, makes it necessary, however, to also remember the “reason for the season.” Politicians and preachers...
by Blake Hart | Jan 18, 2019 | Opinion
I’m not the first, nor will I be the last to point out how Robert Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall,” critiques current conversations about building a wall on our southern border. In the poem, Frost and his neighbor are doing their annual ritual of mending the wall that...
by Sian Murray Williams | Jan 18, 2019 | Opinion
When Googling images for a PowerPoint presentation on “Baptist Women in Ministry” some years ago, I was a little startled to see the first image that popped up was a poster for the film, “Attack of the 50ft Woman.” It was an image that would doubtless have empowered...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 17, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Most of my time is spent looking ahead to an approaching deadline or planning the next event that is part of the expanding ministry of Nurturing Faith. However, I have taken some moments to reflect on what has happened in and through these efforts in...
by James L. Evans | Jan 17, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Jan. 15, 2007. James L. Evans was pastor of Auburn First Baptist Church in Alabama at the time of publication. It is republished today for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, as King remains a significant model...
