by Jan Chapman | Jul 16, 2009 | Opinion
I tried on bathing suits at a department store recently, and I have to admit that I looked adorable. Adorable as in 25 years ago and four months’ pregnant. But that is not really a very cute look on me now. My kindest friends have tried to reassure me by...
by Chuck Warnock | Jul 15, 2009 | Opinion
Jeff Sharlet is author of “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism At The Heart of American Power,” the story of a secretive quasi-evangelical organization, founded in the late 1930s, which has insinuated itself into the halls of power in Washington and...
by Larry Greenfield | Jul 15, 2009 | Opinion
I challenge anybody to provide a simple, definitive and declarative interpretation of the opening statement in Ephesians. From verses 3 to 14, so much is going on here that translators can’t even agree where to put the commas. And talk about convoluted ideas!...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Jul 15, 2009 | Opinion
In “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama,” Gwen Ifill helps people to think about the meaning of recent political achievements of black politicians who are realizing electoral success in new ways. The landscape seems to be shifting as we...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 14, 2009 | Opinion
Underground was the place to be on the last day of Campbell University Divinity School’s study tour of Israel. Following another 5:30 a.m. wake-up call, most of us visited the Western Wall tunnels, an underground dig that extends across most of the Western Wall and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 14, 2009 | Opinion
Throughout my youth the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was a television event not to be missed. It was the rare opportunity to see the best players in baseball at one time.Additionally, National League hitters would step to the plate against American League...
