by Michael Leathers | Jun 26, 2009 | Opinion
No one likes Margaret Tate, tyrannical editor-in-chief of a New York City book publisher in the romantic comedy “The Proposal.” When she enters her office, people start to look busy and go out of their way to avoid crossing her path. Instant messages fly...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 25, 2009 | Opinion
On Tuesday, messengers to the annual Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) meeting in Louisville were quick to toss out Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth for being too inclusive of homosexuals in their congregation.The decision was based on Southern Baptist...
by Charles Foster Johnson | Jun 25, 2009 | Opinion
The decision of the Southern Baptist Convention to find Broadway Baptist Church not in friendly cooperation is a missed opportunity for the denomination to reverse its regressive slide and take a small, safe step in the direction of inclusiveness. For a year now,...
by Analiz G. Schremmer | Jun 25, 2009 | Opinion
I saw a movie that traumatized me. “Taken” is about two teen girls who get kidnapped in Europe and are sold as sex slaves. The movie shows images of girls tied to beds and kept sedated under heavy doses of drugs. Men are lined up outside to have their...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 25, 2009 | Opinion
Since I was born in 1983, I was too young to be conscious of all the happenings that led to the present division of Baptists into the Southern Baptist Convention and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Nevertheless, I became painfully aware of many details during my...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 24, 2009 | Opinion
Jan and I were both working in the back yard Tuesday evening when our son Samuel burst from the back door and said “Houston, we have a problem.” When asked to identify the problem, he said his friend had used the toilet and managed to stop it up. After...
