by John D. Pierce | Dec 29, 2016 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Dr. Robert M. (Bob) Cates of Rome, Ga., died yesterday (Dec. 28) from recently discovered pancreatic cancer. Our prayers are with his wife, Martha, and other family in grieving his loss. For many hailing from this Northwest Georgia community Dr....
by David Kerrigan | Dec 29, 2016 | Opinion
There is no walk of life, other than in a religious setting, where the term worship is properly used. We use it as a metaphor to try and express profound respect or love for another person – “He worships the very ground she walks on.” – but...
by Mark Tidsworth | Dec 29, 2016 | Opinion
What do you call it in your church? Christian education, Christian formation, faith formation, spiritual formation? These titles reflect our evolving understanding of disciple development in faith communities. At this point in time, I typically use the phrase,...
by Bill Wilson | Dec 28, 2016 | Opinion
I’ve seen a lot of unusual things, people and events in airports. It takes something special to get a reaction from me. Recently, I saw something that stopped me in my tracks. In fact, I took a photo of the sign just to be sure I was seeing what I thought I saw....
by James Gordon | Dec 28, 2016 | Opinion
Waiting for New Year’s Day can be an exercise in passive patience or an episode of agitated impatience or even a process of slow release anticipation. Alternatively, waiting can be a time of fallow resting, allowing new ideas to seed and propagate in the fertile...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 27, 2016 | Opinion
Busy and fruitful. That is how I would describe 2016 for Baptist Center for Ethics / EthicsDaily.com. We hit the ground running following New Year’s celebrations and didn’t slow down. In addition to my role in overseeing daily site content and social media...
