Life In and Around the Tumor Ward

Seems the Jews are mad at the Baptists, and as a Baptist, I feel obliged to help them feel better about the situation. Which is this: one particular Baptist, a Mr. Albert Mohler (who happens to be the president of a seminary in Louisville, Ky.) made an offensive...

Get a Grip on Reality TV

A pastor recently contacted EthicsDaily.com for help understanding the reality TV landscape. “Why are reality shows so hot?” he asked. “What do they say about us as a culture? Are they helpful or detrimental?” Good questions all. Answers...

Water in the Wastelands

With each compelling story in Water in the Wastelands, a new thread joins with others to form a solid, resilient cord of truth: through shared suffering, God’s children partake of a sacrament that binds people of faith together, parses out hope where there...

Jim MacLaren’s Road to Resiliency

Jim MacLaren, an intelligent, athletic and handsome 22-year-old Yale graduate, was happily riding his motorcycle down New York’s Fifth Avenue when he was suddenly struck by a city bus. He remembers nothing of the impact that threw him 89 feet into the air. He...

“Alex & Emma”

If the film is neither funny nor romantic, how can it possibly succeed as a romantic comedy? Emma and Alex have one of those awkward, arguing relationships that almost always means in the movies that they are destined for each other. As Alex dictates the novel, the...

Christ Above All, Even on a Flagstaff?

Congregations around the country are doing their best to respond to the current military crisis in Iraq. Church members and children of church members are serving in various branches of the military on active duty in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and other places. We pray...