by John D. Pierce | Apr 14, 2009 | Opinion
A walking trail winds its way through Fairfield Glade, a scenic vacation spot in the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee west of Knoxville. A meandering stream brings beauty to both the eyes and the ears.After passing through a pedestrian tunnel beneath the main road and...
by Daniel Carro | Apr 14, 2009 | Opinion
My wife and I went shopping recently to buy laundry soap among other things. As probably everyone does, we went to the same supermarket and walked down the same aisle that we have been shopping now for a long time. When we got there, she erupted, “What happened to...
by Tim Jones | Apr 14, 2009 | Opinion
On the Saturday before the G20 summit, tens of thousands of us marched through London calling for action to protect and restore jobs, tackle global poverty, and maintain a habitable climate for all humanity. The Sunday after, many of us waved palm branches remembering...
by Ircel Harrison | Apr 14, 2009 | Opinion
On Easter Sunday 1967, I worshiped at the Calvary Baptist Church in Bangkok, Thailand. The worship was typically Southern Baptist in design. The church was a beautiful colonial structure that would have fit in the downtown area of any county seat in the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 13, 2009 | Opinion
Late in the day on Sunday, our church gathered for our traditional “Easter sunset service” (I suppose we feel more akin to the curious disciples on the road to Emmaus than the spice-laden women at the tomb). We meet on a small island in a pond at Meredith...
by Olu Q. Menjay | Apr 13, 2009 | Opinion
Much has been written charging that short-term missions are, if not a waste, at least a poor use of time and money. For the host of one such mission to Liberia, they are nothing of the sort. An argument can be made that short-term mission trips are a waste of time...
