by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 12, 2009 | Opinion
Someone recently sent me a copy of an August 11 blog by Ed Brayton, a journalist and speaker who generally focuses on scientific issues. Brayton had come across the course requirements for several courses taught by “Intelligent Design” (ID) advocate...
by Fred Guttman | Aug 12, 2009 | Opinion
A few weeks ago, I and three rabbinic colleagues were among the 3,000 people who heard President Obama speak about health care in Raleigh, N.C. On the way out, we passed a demonstrator who was holding a sign that said, “ObamaCare = National Socialism”...
by Drew Smith | Aug 12, 2009 | Opinion
Growing up in a fundamentalist Baptist church, I was continually exposed to the well-known practice of preachers, and especially those evangelists, who would annually slip into the town for revival services. Those revival meetings would offer a time in which we...
by Sam Davidson | Aug 12, 2009 | Opinion
Jen Gash, founder and executive director of Sweet Sleep, told me the story of her recent trip to Uganda. It was the nonprofit’s first trip to Africa, where they provided beds for hundreds of orphans. The entire village was thankful that Jen and her team came...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 11, 2009 | Opinion
An adage about preaching goes: “The weaker your point, the louder you make it.”I feel that way about the talk-radio disciples showing up at town hall meetings and screaming about the government’s efforts to kill old people. Civil, even when...
by Larry Greenfield | Aug 11, 2009 | Opinion
This sermon was delivered by Larry Greenfield, executive minister for the American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago, at the Community Church of Wilmette in Wilmette, Ill., on July 26, 2009. Ephesians 3: 14-21 It’s good to be back with you. If I’m remembering...
