by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 21, 2009 | Opinion
I took note of two public statements in recent days that must have been calculated to draw attention because both were — in my humble opinion — preposterous.Former (and probably future) presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who is also a Baptist...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 20, 2009 | Opinion
When Typhoon Morakot dealt a devastating blow to Taiwan earlier this month, Baptist leaders knew where to turn for help. Baptist World Aid (BWAid) sent an initial gift of $10,000 to the Chinese Baptist Convention to enable local Baptists to better assist victims...
by Ircel Harrison | Aug 20, 2009 | Opinion
Imagine that your church received an unexpected gift of $3,000 this month. The donor does not have a specific purpose for the gift but does not want it to go into the general budget. Church staff and lay leadership carefully debate the best use of this gift. They...
by Britt Towery | Aug 20, 2009 | Opinion
It took me a year of searching to find a medical neurologist in Tom Green County that would agree to see my uninsured 45-year-old daughter. She had her first epileptic seizure while working in the kitchen of a public school north of San Antonio, Texas. She badly...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 19, 2009 | Opinion
I find it interesting that there have been several recent cases of a well-known person being unknown by police or other officials.It started a few weeks ago with Henry Louis Gates, one of the country’s foremost African-American scholars, who was arrested for...
by Robert Parham | Aug 19, 2009 | Opinion
Covering a health-care rally on Aug. 13 in Nashville, the Tennessean reported, “Anti-reformers at the rally argued against government control of health-care delivery, particularly the use of translators for patients who do not speak English.” Fox...
