by Jim Kelsey | Jan 2, 2018 | Opinion
We have all seen it. You probably saw it in the last few weeks. A child is coaxed onto Santa’s lap, and then the child begins screaming and frantically trying to escape. Truth is, some children find a strange loud man in a bright red suit and long white beard...
by Ginger Hughes | Dec 31, 2017 | Opinion
By: Ginger Hughes Organ music fills the sanctuary as voices join together singing, “Silent Night, Holy Night.” Prayers are prayed, and scripture is read. Those familiar verses from Luke detail the most sacred of stories—Jesus’ birth. The lights are dimmed, and the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 31, 2017 | Opinion
Yikes. That’s what I said to myself when I realized I hadn’t posted a blog in more than a month: that’s what finishing up a semester and the big rush of completing a book can do for you — along with being determined to take a few days off...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 29, 2017 | Opinion
Grief and joy bookended 2017 for me and the Baptist Center for Ethics / EthicsDaily.com. The first quarter of the year saw our staff building on the energy from the fall 2016 release of “The Disturbances” documentary DVD and companion book. Fifteen...
by Christina Embree | Dec 29, 2017 | Opinion
I’ve seen many people saying this is a “teachable moment” in U.S. history. By that, they mean it’s a time for parents and ministers to seize the day and ensure that we are intentional about talking to the next generation about what is going on...
by Jerrod Hugenot | Dec 28, 2017 | Opinion
If we were to slip back just over a century ago, we would find a certain Baptist just gaining prominence as well as controversy: Walter Rauschenbusch. It is fitting that we gather in April 2018 for a conference to remember such a significant theologian. Recalling...
