‘The Notebook’

“The Notebook” is a beautifully shot love story. From the opening frames to the last, viewers experience a cinematic atmosphere as enveloping as the love of the film’s main characters. The film, based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, tells the story of...

Handkerchiefs and Egg Money

Every time I see a simple handkerchief, I think about my great-grandmother. Although she died decades ago, she was a significant part of my early childhood. The mother of my maternal grandmother, she was a feisty Cajun woman who would easily lapse into that dialect...

The Reagan Legacy

When we speak of the Reagan Legacy, we must first describe the old system being overthrown. Beginning with the Great Depression of the 1930s, this nation embarked on a program of funneling federal dollars into welfare initiatives. Known as the New Deal, legislation...

The Work Continues at the Grassroots

While the Southern Baptist Convention deliberated the great moral and theological issues of the day at the annual meeting in Indianapolis, folks at the grassroots continued their everyday work of giving expression to the Kingdom of God. The WMU of this Baptist...

The Will of God in Judaism

“The idea that Judaism starts with is that man is created in the likeness of God…. There is always the opportunity to do a mitzvah…. The central issue in Judaism is the mitzvah, the sacred act. And it is the greatness of man that he can do a mitzvah....

Sexploitation: A Growing Issue for All Women

The sexual exploitation of women by means of trafficking for purposes of prostitution is escalating rapidly throughout the world. Earlier in the year, a Global Women group participated in a ministry to prostitutes in Prague, Czech Republic, led by GW board member...