by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 18, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The documentary “A Place for All: Faith and Community for Persons with Disabilities” is currently airing on ABC-TV stations. Click here for local listings or here to order it on DVD. Most laypeople and perhaps most clergy haven’t...
by Karen Spears Zacharias | Dec 18, 2009 | Opinion
I learned of the death of Oral Roberts through a Twitter post that said: “Celebrating with Oral Roberts as he came face to face with Jesus. Your mansion is sooooo big. I’m sure of it!” The news was jarring. Not that Oral Roberts was dead at age 91,...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 17, 2009 | Opinion
The death of Oral Roberts, a pioneer of television evangelism, takes me back to the days when he, Rex Humbard, Bob Harrington, “Reverend Ike” and an assortment of local and regional preachers took to the airwaves of my youth. And then there was Ernest Angley, of...
by Barry Howard | Dec 17, 2009 | Opinion
When I got up this morning, I had this sensation that I was being watched. As I went to the kitchen to make some hazelnut coffee, I looked over my shoulder to see if anyone else was in the room. As the coffee brewed, I moved to the desktop computer to check news...
by Bruce Prescott | Dec 17, 2009 | Opinion
The citizens of Ashville, N.C., recently elected an atheist, Cecil Bothwell, to serve on their city council, but North Carolina’s state constitution prohibits anyone “who shall deny the being of Almighty God” from holding public office. Article VI of...
by Ircel Harrison | Dec 17, 2009 | Opinion
President George H. W. Bush was widely criticized when he commented that he did not get the “vision” thing. For the last several decades, if you have read anything about personal or organizational development, you will realize that having a vision for...
