by Don Sewell | Dec 9, 2016 | Opinion
Lots of goodwill people are looking for ways to serve. Sometimes it just takes a small number of visionary leaders, along with adequate available resources, and people will jump in remarkable numbers to become effective conduits of service. For the fourth year in a...
by Robert Parham | Dec 9, 2016 | Opinion
No sooner will we leave Bethlehem than we will journey to Samaria. The sanctuary greenery and Christmas tree will be safely stored before we return to a culture in conflict. One wonders what message we will carry from Christmas to Martin Luther King Day and then the...
by Colin Harris | Dec 8, 2016 | Opinion
I am not a sailor, and have no direct experience with it; but the features of sailing often occur to me as metaphors for life and the journey of faith. When I am asked why I support the Baptist Center for Ethics (BCE) / EthicsDaily.com, a couple of these metaphors...
by Mitch Randall | Dec 8, 2016 | Opinion
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied an easement permit to the developers of the Dakota Access Pipeline last weekend. This decision will prevent the pipeline from being routed near the water source for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The Corps said they would work...
by Tara Hornbacker | Dec 7, 2016 | Opinion
Written in sparse, nearly breathless prose, this story of heroism in the face of genocide brings to light a history long neglected by both those who lived it and those who normally document such tragedy. With current interest in Nigeria rising as Boko Haram ravages...
by Jim Kelsey | Dec 7, 2016 | Opinion
Advent is about waiting for the coming of the Christ, but what difference does this coming really make? Before the coming of Jesus, the Hebrews knew that God loved them. They knew that God forgave sins and that God took up the cause of the marginalized and despised....