by Robert Parham | Feb 25, 2005 | Opinion
BERUWALA, Sri Lanka–An inter-religious flag representing Christians, Buddhists and Muslims sits atop a newly erected memorial to the 136 tsunami-related deaths in Beruwala, Sri Lanka. The metal sculpture has hands jutting from roiling waves, suggesting the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Feb 25, 2005 | Opinion
“I am not giving permission for a woman to teach or to tell a man what to do. A woman ought not to speak, because Adam was formed first and Eve afterwards, and it was not Adam who was led astray but the woman who was led astray and fell into sin. Nevertheless,...
by Robert Parham | Feb 24, 2005 | Opinion
Two days after the tsunami struck Sri Lanka, a seven-person medical team from Hungarian Baptist Aid arrived on the tear-shaped island to the southeast of India, starting work in the capital of Colombo and then moving south. “When I got to Galle, it was...
by Britt Towery | Feb 24, 2005 | Opinion
There was a certain pride of station when I wore the maroon uniform of a Lyric Theater usher. That was a time when theater ushers actually helped people find a seat during the film. In those days you could buy a ticket and enter any time during the showing of the...
by James L. Evans | Feb 23, 2005 | Opinion
During President Bush’s address to the 2005 Washington March for Life last month, he praised the efforts of anti-abortion activists thanking them for “the civil way you have engaged one of America’s most contentious issues.” He went on to say...
by Britt Towery | Feb 22, 2005 | Opinion
While getting over the Chinese feast my wife cooked as we celebrated Chinese New Year last Wednesday, I found a few things the whole world might have overlooked in recent weeks. 1. There is now an environmentally friendly golf tee. You read that right. A company is...