by Richard Wilson | Mar 3, 2003 | Opinion
Revelry and solemnity will converge this week, if only for a moment. In the convergence, a great reversal occurs. We reclaim the nearly lost image of the Christ as the one who joined The Party. And then we set aside the passions of the celebration to begin the long...
by Robert Guffey | Feb 28, 2003 | Opinion
Many people will remember Fred Rogers as the cardigan-and-tennis-shoe-wearing host of PBS’s immensely popular show, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Until now, few may have known Rogers was an ordained minister in the Presbyterian church. His...
by Richard Wilson | Feb 28, 2003 | Opinion
Tillich was one of the giants of 20th-century Protestant theology. The bulk of his work was directed toward constructing a thoroughly modern theology that could stand before the intellectual rigors of philosophy and science that had threatened to eclipse the integrity...
by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 28, 2003 | Opinion
Throughout the half hour we spent with TIME magazine’s 1991 man of the year, Turner repeatedly talked about religious belief: how he lost it, how it appears in the new movie, what he thinks about it. Turner quickly jumped to his own defense. ...
by Gary Farley | Feb 27, 2003 | Opinion
The other threat to patience is the tyranny of time. We want to get a thing done and settled, so we can get on to other important matters. Fleeing passivity, we embrace impatience. The rural folk of West Alabama are teaching me to “wait on God.” My initial...
by Barry Howard | Feb 27, 2003 | Opinion
During an interim season, the current staff will have additional “interim” assignments, and quite often an interim minister will join the ministry team and help guide the church through the transitional season. Most of the church’s ministries can...
