by Barry Howard | Feb 14, 2002 | Opinion
I remember looking forward to Valentine’s Day when I was a child. In our school, Valentine’s Day and Christmas were the only two occasions when parties were allowed. During the week prior to Valentine’s Day, our teacher gave each of us a white paper...
by James L. Evans | Feb 13, 2002 | Opinion
Holy days are important in the life of any faith tradition. They are essential to asserting and maintaining faith identity. That’s why Muslim, Jewish and Hindu worshipers were angry a few years back. Southern Baptist leaders encouraged their constituents to seek...
by Robert Parham | Feb 13, 2002 | Opinion
Every good Baptist needs to read Cotton Patch for the Kingdom, the newest book about Clarence Jordan and Koinonia Farm. It’s a painful reminder of the racial meanness that oozed from Baptist churches, and a hopeful witness of what God can do with a transformed...
by Keith Herron | Feb 13, 2002 | Opinion
Loss—even denominational loss—brings grief. The Baptist family has been caught up in theological and political skirmishes since 1979. The resulting denominational fragmentation is a form of loss that causes grief. Wayne Oates, a Baptist pastoral counselor, wrote about...
by Eddie Hammett | Feb 13, 2002 | Opinion
How have your life, church, family, business and community changed since Sept. 11th? In many instances people will readily discuss the changes in their lives, businesses, communities and even families. But rarely do we acknowledge how our church has changed since...
by Karen Zurheide | Feb 12, 2002 | Opinion
I used to ignore my contribution to statistics about the time kids spend watching television and videos, playing electronic games and sitting in front of a computer monitor. After all, until recently we had only one television at our house, and we’ve never...
