by Robert Parham | May 18, 2009 | Opinion
The New York Times asked me a week after Sept. 11, 2001, what I thought about the Pentagon’s initial code name of “infinite justice” for the evolving war against terrorism. ”The word ‘infinite’ is another word for eternal,”...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 18, 2009 | Opinion
If you’re just not into church, what do you do on Sunday morning? Sleeping in is very popular, and so are early morning shopping trips. If you want to see a really big crowd at 11:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning, go to a Target or WalMart store.A small but...
by Robert Parham | May 18, 2009 | Opinion
National Ministries will screen the award-winning documentary “Beneath the Skin: Baptists and Racism” at its luncheon with a panel discussion at the biennial gathering of the American Baptist Churches-USA in Pasadena, Calif., in June. Luncheon panelists...
by Jan Chapman | May 18, 2009 | Opinion
I worked in a television newsroom in the late ’70s. Back then, the most inflammatory phrase you could attach to a person’s name was “Vietnam veteran”… as in: “Vietnam veteran Joe Smith has been arrested today and is expected to be...
by John D. Pierce | May 16, 2009 | Opinion
Aging is a dirty trick in that behavioral changes occur without one’s intent or permission. For example, “sleeping in” now means I’m not at the coffee shop when the doors swing open at 6:30 AM.Staying up late means I catch the last inning of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 15, 2009 | Opinion
A friend of mine who has previously served as a field supervisor for Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary students taking supervised ministry won’t be doing so any longer.In recent years, Southeastern has asked field supervisors to agree that their work...
