by John D. Pierce | Sep 16, 2010 | Opinion
Churches are spread along Macon, Georgia’s busy Vineville Avenue — Baptist, United Methodist, Presbyterian, Disciples of Christ and others. This town can make a strong case for being the buckle of the Bible Belt. But the sign in front of one of these fine edifices...
by Ircel Harrison | Sep 16, 2010 | Opinion
Up to this point in my life, I have been a member of 10 different churches in five different states. They had much in common but significant differences as well. Each had its own culture. For the sake of clarity, perhaps a definition of “culture” would be...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 16, 2010 | Opinion
The high levels of Islamophobia expressed in vandalizing mosques, the debate over building a center in New York and the canceled burning of Qurans in Florida have led many pundits to misquote and misrepresent what’s in the Quran. I have heard people say that the...
by Lynn Litchfield | Sep 16, 2010 | Opinion
As Teresa Lewis approaches her execution on Thursday, Sept. 23, my own process as her former chaplain has been painful. Teresa has been cast off as a disposable person. She is borderline mentally retarded and in prison for a heinous crime for which the triggermen got...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 15, 2010 | Opinion
When the latest installment of the reality show “Survivor” debuts tonight, it’ll be hard to believe it’s the 21st installment. I certainly don’t remember details of all 21, though I’ve watched parts of most of them. I’ll be...
by Robert Parham | Sep 15, 2010 | Opinion
Twenty-nine U.S. Christian leaders believe that religion can be a force for peace in the midst of the long-standing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. They issued a public letter at the end of August to President Obama in which they confessed to having...
