by Jim Hill | Aug 6, 2009 | Opinion
I recently rented an underwater metal detector – a first for me – from a local scuba diving shop and helped my youngest son with an important search. He was swimming in a lake in a city park in Columbia, Mo., where he lives, and lost his wedding ring. It would have...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 5, 2009 | Opinion
I was raised to respect my elders in a way that went beyond saying “sir” and “ma’am” when addressing someone older than me. As I’ve grown close to elderhood myself, I’ve learned to recognize that age doesn’t always bring...
by Robert Parham | Aug 5, 2009 | Opinion
Global Baptist leaders are looking beyond the 400th anniversary beginnings of Baptists in the back room of a bakery in Amsterdam in 1609 to the decades to come in the 21st century. EthicsDaily.com asked Baptists around the world about their hopes for the future and...
by Trey Lyon | Aug 5, 2009 | Opinion
The recent passing of Walter Cronkite has, for many, signaled the end of an era in the American experience. The modern media consumer must listen to any number of carefully manicured hosts, each often espousing opinion as much as the oft-heralded-yet-scarcely-found...
by Laura A. Cadena | Aug 5, 2009 | Opinion
I watched the Sonia Sotomayor hearings, not so much because I am interested in politics, but because as a professional Latina I wondered if I would have anything in common with her. I am a seminary-trained Latina who has worked in primarily Anglo Baptist movements. ...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 4, 2009 | Opinion
Notebooks and other school supplies are flying off the shelves. Teachers are readying their classrooms. In some cases, yellow buses are starting to roll this week or the next.Whatever happened to summer? The temperature here in central Georgia will hit the mid-90s...
