by Jan Chapman | Feb 22, 2009 | Opinion
My husband and I took a private dance lesson Saturday. We’ve been married since “I Love Lucy” was in reruns, and we’ve never danced. It seemed like something we should try. The instructor was kind and patient and didn’t laugh at us once. One, two,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 22, 2009 | Opinion
News from the past week puts in written form what most of us know either instinctively or from personal experience — the nation’s economic malaise is directly impacting both church budgets and the ministries those budgets support.Receipts are down in at...
by James L. Evans | Feb 20, 2009 | Opinion
This past week marked the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. All across the country there were celebrations and denunciations ”not by the same people, of course. Celebrating Darwin’s life were scientists, biologists, medical researchers and others who deal in the...
by John Baker | Feb 20, 2009 | Opinion
I’m pastor of the First Baptist Church of Columbia, a predominantly white, middle-class congregation in a college town in Missouri. We haven’t always been so white throughout our 185 years of continual ministry. We had a healthy percentage of black members in the...
by Britt Towery | Feb 18, 2009 | Opinion
Studs Terkel died last Halloween. The author-host-actor-activist and symbol of Chicago was asked once what his epitaph would be. His reply: “Curiosity did not kill this cat.” At a recent memorial to Studs Terkel, André Schiffrin, Stud’s editor and publisher,...
by Ken Berger | Feb 18, 2009 | Opinion
Charities have gotten a bad reputation thanks to the scandals at some of the larger charitable institutions. So what qualities of a charity can inspire your trust? The definition of trust in Merriam-Webster online is as follows: 1 a: assured reliance on the character,...
