by Tony W. Cartledge | May 29, 2009 | Opinion
Do you ever congratulate yourself on being more normal than everyone else? It’s easy to do. What’s normal to us, we assume, is the real normal — it’s other people who are odd.On a recent getaway, Jan and I were sitting on the beach, waiting for...
by James L. Evans | May 29, 2009 | Opinion
I am grateful to Brian Kaylor, a contributing editor at EthicsDaily.com, for making me aware of a recent development at the Thomas Nelson publishing house. Thomas Nelson is one of the largest Christian publishers in America, and one of the leading publishers of...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 29, 2009 | Opinion
I always find it curious that those who have spent most of their lives advocating legislation and policies detrimental to communities of color are usually among the first to accuse people of color of being racists. Take the recent example provided by former Speaker of...
by Mark Johnson | May 29, 2009 | Opinion
As we look forward to Pentecost Sunday on May 31, I wonder why so many churches appear hesitant to put forward a clear emphasis on the dimension of God as Spirit. Growing up in Baptist churches, I remember how comfortable we were with the story of Jesus from Advent...
by Gina Stewart | May 29, 2009 | Opinion
On Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, the day following the national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I stood in the crowd of more than one million to watch as Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office not only as the 44th president of the United States of...
by Luis Cortes Jr. | May 28, 2009 | Opinion
How is the Obama presidential election different from any other in our national history? In 1963 as a child in the third grade, I was told I could be president of the United States because it was a democracy. At home, my father did not discourage me, but he did not...
