by John D. Pierce | Sep 19, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Sometimes we good church people like to avoid confronting our corporate failures. We gloss over the racism and sexism at the historical core of American Christianity, particularly in the South We don’t want to face the ways we err — hoping no one...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 19, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Had Jesus lived on earth at a much later time his poetic and revealing Beatitudes (in Matthew 5) might have been released under the title “Greatest Hits.” He opened what is called the Sermon on the Mount with these blessings that provide a better...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 19, 2017 | Opinion
The topic of pulpit plagiarism has been in the news since pastor Bill Shillady sought to capitalize on a series of devotions he sent Hillary Clinton during her ill-fated presidential campaign by publishing them as “Strong for a Moment Like This.” After the...
by Ron Rolheiser | Sep 19, 2017 | Opinion
I don’t always find it easy to pray. Often I’m overtired, distracted, caught up in tasks, pressured by work, short on time, lacking the appetite for prayer or more strongly drawn to do something else. But I do pray daily, despite the fact that I often...
by Dennis Bickers | Sep 19, 2017 | Opinion
Is your congregation engaged in “purple cow ministries”? In 2002, Seth Godin published his best-selling book, “Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable.” This marketing book emphasized that to be successful it was important to...
by Katharine Hill | Sep 18, 2017 | Opinion
The advice we would give less than 10 years ago to parents wanting to protect their children was to put the family computer in the living room so that internet use could be easily monitored. Enter Steve Jobs and the rise of the smartphone, and this advice has been...
