by Sue Smith | Mar 2, 2017 | Opinion
A Salvadoran immigrant whom I’ll call Marcos caused me to dig deeper in order to understand his home country. Since then, I’ve studied the history of El Salvador and I’ve now visited there twice. I’ve made Salvadoran friends both in the U.S....
by Reggie Warren | Mar 1, 2017 | Opinion
Riches and poverty have been on my mind following a recent missional trip to Ghana. This west African nation is a sub-Saharan, impoverished, largely undeveloped country that is multilingual and multireligious. It is hot with lengthy wet and dry seasons. Ghana is poor...
by Joe LaGuardia | Mar 1, 2017 | Opinion
Baptists don’t celebrate Ash Wednesday. That was the reason given to me a few years ago by a local Christian bookstore employee in explaining why they didn’t have any Ash Wednesday resources. I had stopped by the store looking for Ash Wednesday items for...
by Brent McDougal | Feb 28, 2017 | Opinion
Aesop wrote a fable about a donkey who discovered a lion’s skin. He tried it on, strutted around and scared many animals. Soon a fox came along and the donkey tried to frighten him too. But when the fox heard the donkey’s voice, the fox said, “If you...
by Jerrod Hugenot | Feb 28, 2017 | Opinion
The Abyssinian Baptist Church surely is among the great congregations to rise up and minister to the urban multitudes in the history of New York City churches. Among their past ministers, Adam Clayton Powell Sr. is among the most visionary. He led the church to move...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 27, 2017 | Opinion
A review by John D. Pierce The Good Book is a good book about the Good Book. For those not raised on Sword Drills and Sunday school, it is an especially helpful resource for how to approach the Bible, which author Deron Spoo notes can be intimidating and “notoriously...
