A Tale of Two Churches: A Microcosm

“Justice Sunday–Stopping the Filibuster Against People of Faith,” is being staged at Louisville’s Highview Baptist, a church. The name is so similar to my church, Highland Baptist, that they are often mistaken for each other. Despite the name...

Which God is Dead?

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) made the scandalous proclamation that “God is dead” in one of his well-known works, Die fröhliche Wissenschaft (1882). The church’s initial reaction was to condemn him and his brand of...

Enjoy Life and Quit Complaining

My pick of cartoons last week was done by Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It shows a tax preparer asking a couple in his office: “Would you like your refund automatically sent to your gas station?” Last week I had to drive to San...

Place in History for the New Pope

I am blessed to have many Catholic friends in my community. At times we have engaged in discussions about faith matters and we have even had opportunity to worship together. Last year Trinity Baptist Church and Immaculate Conception Catholic Church held a joint Ash...

Teach Them How to Think

Some time ago, a survey by The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life revealed that each day, more than 3 million people get religious or spiritual material from the Internet. Today’s numbers are no doubt much higher. Other statistics around that same time...

Cabbie Shares Philosophy Shaped by Communism

Whenever I arrive at Los Angeles International Airport, I always head straight to the taxi station for a ride to the hotel. Most of my taxi drivers haven’t been chatty. But the cabbie I’ll call Joe was. “How are you?” he asked in his slight...