by Michael Helms | May 17, 2006 | Opinion
I don’t want to sound like some poor soul locked into a constraining fundamentalist religion that keeps me from enjoying life; nor do I want to sound pious or preachy. It’s just a fact of my life–I’ve never drank a beer. I’ve never had a...
by Britt Towery | May 16, 2006 | Opinion
For about a year now I have been piecing together stories of saints I have met over the last 50 years. Of the dozen or more lives I have written about I met them all but one. That is because Lois Howard Mashburn died two months before I was born. Lois’ father...
by Cliff Vaughn | May 15, 2006 | Opinion
The book’s strength is easily its approach to the novel and controversy. Gunn and company have moved beyond saying “Here’s where the novel is laughable,” to “Here’s where the novel can still surprise you.” Frankly, both films...
by James L. Evans | May 12, 2006 | Opinion
This Sunday churches around the country will incorporate into their services of worship some sort of recognition of the role of motherhood. In fact, so powerful is the emotional pull of this holiday that even some congregations that closely follow the liturgy of the...
by Laura Seay | May 11, 2006 | Opinion
What is the value of public education? Should Baptist Christians enroll their children in public schools, or is a mass “exodus” to home and parochial schools in order? This question is once again at issue in the Southern Baptist Convention. Some members of...
by Cliff Vaughn | May 9, 2006 | Opinion
Emma Thompson is back … with the DVD release of her latest starring and screenwriting turn in “Nanny McPhee.” “McPhee,” which opened in the States in January with decent business, stars Colin Firth as the widowed Mr. Brown, whose seven naughty...
