by John D. Pierce | May 21, 2009 | Opinion
My only view of congregational life has been from the inside. Having never lived apart from a “church family,” my unvarnished perspective is vastly different from those who view the church from the outside. Like many, I’ve seen the church up close —...
by Robert Parham | May 21, 2009 | Opinion
Al Gore’s North American summit in Nashville began on May 14 with a laser-focused address on the ethics and equity of climate change, really the ethics of the inequity of global warming’s impacts on the marginalized. It is a word the vast majority of...
by Cliff Vaughn | May 21, 2009 | Opinion
“The Age of Stupid,” a 90-minute film about the consequences of humanity’s current behavior, is the rare project that mixes documentary with straight-up drama. Some segments feature Pete Postlethwaite—simply called the Archivist—as a man living...
by Patty Edwards Shaver | May 21, 2009 | Opinion
Shortly after President Obama took office in January, he announced the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) would provide COBRA premium assistance to workers who have been laid off since Sept. 1, 2008. Many of these workers may have felt relieved at...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 21, 2009 | Opinion
It was happening more than six years ago, but that doesn’t make it any less disturbing. Newly declassified documents reveal that a series of top secret briefings prepared for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and other Pentagon officials featured photographs...
by Mary Seeger Weese | May 20, 2009 | Opinion
The news has spread far and wide. It’s been discussed in Newsweek, debated in faith publications, chewed on in sermons and Sunday School classes across the country. According to the 2009 American Religious Identification Survey, the number of people claiming to be...
