When Churches Follow Their Moral Compass

At the recent D.C. Baptist Convention, I witnessed what happens when individuals and churches allow God to use them for his greater glory. With all the craziness I have read or heard lately about what some churches and church leaders are doing, it is inspiring to see...

As Nations Flex Muscles, Their Citizens Starve

Recently, I visited the demilitarized zone on the border between North and South Korea. This is the last frontier of the Cold War, and the zone is anything but demilitarized. The tension is palpable. South Korean guards stand to attention facing the north, their...

Soup, and more

I like Mondays, most of them. The week is still new and fresh, and while Friday may seem a long way off, there is rewarding work to do in between. I also like Mondays this semester because most of the faculty and staff of Campbell’s Divinity School (which...

Violence’s Toll on Christians in Iraq, Middle East

The tragedy in Baghdad, resulting in the loss of so many innocent lives, has focused attention once more on the plight of the Christian population of Iraq in particular, and of the Middle East in general. Once unchallenged as an integral historical part of the...

It’s Time for Obama to Use Bully Pulpit

The Nov. 2 midterm election results exposed a weakness in President Obama’s administration that hasn’t been mentioned in the post-election commentary. Conservative (Republicans and Tea Party types) say the election results show that Americans don’t...