by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 15, 2017 | Opinion
Many countries carry faith-labels. America is called a “Christian” nation, though only a small percentage (including many who wear the label like a flag) take the teachings of Jesus seriously. Israel is officially a Jewish nation, but most of the Jews are secular....
by Joe LaGuardia | Jul 14, 2017 | Opinion
Two Baptist leaders from Cuba stayed with my family recently. Maykel Baez Bruffau, pastor of Iglesia Bautista El Jordan and president of the Fraternity of Baptist Churches of Cuba, and Ms. Lissett, a musician and worship leader in a sister Cuban church, visited the...
by Michael Parnell | Jul 14, 2017 | Opinion
They say, “The third time is the charm.” This is the third reboot of the Spider-Man franchise. And I think that they may have found that charm. Spider-Man is the iconic creation of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The comic hit newsstands in September 1962. At...
by Guy Sayles | Jul 14, 2017 | Opinion
Ministry happens in the meantime and in the mean time. The meantime is a season of sometimes bewildering change and troubling transitions. It’s an interval between a past we know well and a future that isn’t yet clear and between a familiar way of doing...
by Colin Harris | Jul 13, 2017 | Opinion
It’s a long way in the biblical narrative from Joshua to Simon Peter. Yet, it was only a week between sermons on these men nearly 60 years ago as churches in the Atlanta area were facing the challenges of the escalating resistance to court-ordered requirements...
by Scott Hagley | Jul 13, 2017 | Opinion
Standing in the middle of a field in Burnaby, British Columbia, I could not help but smile. Hundreds of people from our neighborhood – new immigrants, families, elderly, young professionals – streamed into a park for the second annual Inclusion Festival. A...
