Doing the Right Thing

Take a walk down the hallways at MCI’s corporate headquarters and you’re apt to be greeted with posters that challenge: “Do the right thing, because it’s the right thing to do.” Employee badges also carry the “do the right...

Metron Press

Christians have increasingly turned to products from popular culture, like books and films, to convey biblical messages. And now a niche product has also gotten some attention from the Christian crowd: comic books. Metron Press, an imprint of the American Bible...

Harvesting the Tom Turkeys

Redbuds are in bloom. Dogwoods will be in bloom in a few days. Irises, daffodils, and many other flowers adorn yards. Peach trees are blooming. Hummingbird and Martin scouts have arrived. Bluebirds are setting up housekeeping. Business is brisk at Bud’s Small...

‘Hangman’s Curse’

Sex and gore are about as basic to teen thrillers as guns and horses are to westerns. But Twentieth Century Fox is gambling with “Hangman’s Curse” that the thriller genre can be redefined with a family-friendly approach. This major Hollywood studio...

Deliver Us From Evil

We are a long way from Kosovo, and it has been a long time since things there were on the front page of our minds. New York, Afghanistan and Iraq lead the list of hot spots that now dominate the attention of the world. Yet once again the Balkan states are on the verge...

Shared Ministry

While sipping coffee at the local coffee shop one morning, a fellow patron asked, “What do you do?” I explained that I was an executive minister for a middle judicatory and that I served as a resource person to various congregations throughout Ohio. I told...