by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 16, 2009 | Opinion
Here’s a bill that should have no trouble making it through Congress: on Tuesday the House of Representatives approved a bill to ban the abrupt increase in volume that’s all too typical of television commercials. An identical bill is making its way through...
by Bill Wilson | Dec 16, 2009 | Opinion
I shared some thoughts about what clergy wish their congregations knew but are hesitant to share out of fear. Now I want to reveal what several laity have said to me when I’ve asked them what it is they wish their ministers knew but are afraid to share with them...
by Jan Chapman | Dec 16, 2009 | Opinion
Christmas is not my season. First, there’s the shopping. I do hate shopping. Already I’ve mistakenly double-ordered from Amazon, over-spent on outdoor stuff at REI and dragged my feet too long to get a must-have item on a loved one’s list. Ugh. Then...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 15, 2009 | Opinion
Advent was not a part of my Baptist upbringing. But growing expectation was certainly present in the annual Christmas journey.Both the church and popular culture provided mile markers to be anticipated and passed on the way to Christmas Day.The hanging of the greens...
by Robert Parham | Dec 15, 2009 | Opinion
If true, the report about the Obamas wanting a “non-religious Christmas” is troubling. Desiree Rogers, the White House’s social secretary, disclosed the Obamas’ desire, according to a New York Times story. A White House official also said...
by Mark Woods | Dec 15, 2009 | Opinion
Democracy, Sir Winston Churchill is said to have remarked, is the worst form of government, except for all the others. The American statesman Benjamin Franklin is often wrongly credited with the saying, “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have...
