by Jan Turrentine | Jun 11, 2004 | Opinion
The teenager in baggy pants, canned soft drink in hand, slunk into the sanctuary just before the worship service began. Occasionally he would take a sip (actually it was more like a chug) and then place the can under the pew in front of him. The teenager in baggy...
by Robert Parham | Jun 11, 2004 | Opinion
Will the Southern Baptist Convention speak well of America’s public schools next week in its annual meeting? Meeting in Indianapolis, the SBC’s resolutions committee will consider two resolutions. One urges Southern Baptists “to remove their children...
by James L. Evans | Jun 11, 2004 | Opinion
For months now Dan Brown’s novel The DaVinci Code has topped the best-seller list. There are a couple of reasons. For one thing, it’s a pretty good mystery action story. But that is not all that’s going on. Helping to fuel record sales is the...
by Mike Parnell | Jun 10, 2004 | Opinion
My father used to say that even a blind hog would find an acorn every once and a while. In my recent review of “Shrek 2,” I wrote that most sequels are nothing more than dumbed-down copies of the original. My father also used to say that you need to make...
by Doug Weaver | Jun 9, 2004 | Opinion
The divisions within Protestantism have bedeviled believers ever since the Reformation in the 16th century. In his recent novel, The Last Juror, John Grisham pokes fun at these divisions as he describes the life of Willie Traynor, the young owner of a small-town...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jun 9, 2004 | Opinion
Generation Ñ among the Hispanic young serves as a counterpart to the Euro-American Generation X. Latino/as create their own space because little if any room exists for them within the dominant culture. What differentiates them from Generation Xers is their attempt to...
