Thoroughly modern Nativity

A front-page story in this weekend’s edition of USA TODAY reports that GPS devices are being placed in holiday displays to combat theft.An Episcopal Church in Illinois added the tracking devices to Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus and others — except the cow that was...

McGee to retire his whistle

Wingate University president Jerry McGee is a rare breed. While leading Wingate to become a top-level school among small universities, he’s also a top-level referee for college football. In January, he will work the top game — the BCS title game between...

The Impulse to Silence Dissent

Silencing dissent is just about the most un-American, and un-Christian, thing imaginable. Our Constitution was written by a host of rowdy and intelligent dissenters. And nearly every hero of our faith started off as a dissenter. And while all of the accusations are...

‘Are You Ready for Christmas?’

We need to be reminded that it is possible to leave Christ out of Christmas. What must we do to prevent this from happening? How do we prepare spiritually for Christmas? Taking our cue from John the Baptist, it requires that we feed our spirits, share our faith and...

Thanks, W.

President Bush’s recent discussion of faith with ABC’s “Nightline” reveals a lot less spiritual arrogance than the fundamentalist crowd that has embraced him to the end.Bush said he was “not so presumptuous as to be God” in knowing...