by Robert Parham | Dec 21, 2010 | Opinion
Christmas is about the manger of mystery, the pilgrimage of astronomers, the curiosity of shepherds, the joyful angels, the paranoid ruler, the surefooted faithfulness of Mary and Joseph, God’s decisiveness. We all know the story. We are so familiar with the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 20, 2010 | Opinion
Good morning, Blog. Have a good weekend? Not bad. Yourself? Terrific. Hey, I haven’t thought to ask yet: how do you like the new digs on BT’s renovated website? You’re right, Mr. Sensitive. You haven’t asked. Nor did you bother asking if I ever...
by Bruce Prescott | Dec 20, 2010 | Opinion
I have been reflecting on experiences during the joint Baptist-Muslim mosquito net distribution in Tanzania. Here are some of my thoughts. First, I was impressed with the mutual respect that people of different faiths show one another in Tanzania. Every village we...
by Mark Woods | Dec 20, 2010 | Opinion
The saga of WikiLeaks continues to intrigue. It is not so much what is revealed, though no doubt various intelligence agencies around the world have teams on standby to trawl through the latest list of people and places, or to sort the wheat from the diplomatic chaff....
by Chuck Queen | Dec 20, 2010 | Opinion
Willa Cather’s Christmas story, “The Burglar’s Christmas,” portrays a young man named William, who had moved away from his family back east and is now in Chicago. Impoverished, he breaks into a house on Christmas Eve to steal some food. He...
by James L. Evans | Dec 17, 2010 | Opinion
President Obama is under fire from members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus for remarks he made during a recent speech in Indonesia. Apparently the president said that “E Pluribus Unum” is a good summary of the American experience. The phrase means...
