by Richard Wilson | Dec 9, 2002 | Opinion
The candle of Peace awaits the fire of conviction and commitment. Huddle around that flickering flame and shield it from the winds of war and the breezes of bigotry. Advent candles burn upon an Advent wreath in a centuries-old ritual of rekindling the anticipation of...
by Roger Thomas | Dec 6, 2002 | Opinion
For those who do not want to return to the prejudice and false piety of a half century ago, the closing shot of “Far From Heaven” offers a glimpse that something better, namely the future for the film’s characters, indeed is coming. None of this...
by Mike Mitchell | Dec 6, 2002 | Opinion
Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. It happens all the time, especially in church settings. People attend church and “do ministry”—good things in and of themselves—for all the wrong reasons. Examples: the businessman who attends church to make...
by Michael Helms | Dec 6, 2002 | Opinion
If you are married, it’s not likely that you came together like Aaron and Helene or King Xerxes and Queen Esther, but I bet many of you still marvel at the events that led to your marriage, prompting you to believe that you are “a match made in...
by Robert Parham | Dec 6, 2002 | Opinion
When Bush refuses to cradle Christianity and to crusade for Christian domination, he values the separation of church and state, advances religious liberty for all and retains the role of a political leader, not a religious one. On Thursday, the president took off his...
by Mike Parnell | Dec 5, 2002 | Opinion
Pierce Brosnan proves that he should have been Bond during that sad period when Timothy Dalton was 007. Brosnan is funny and frightening, and he has now placed his signature on the series with this movie. “Die Another Day” opens with Bond infiltrating a...
