by Dennis Bickers | Nov 23, 2015 | Opinion
Finances have long been a source of conflict in many clergy homes. Few people go into the ministry with the thought of becoming wealthy, but many are not prepared for the reality of what churches provide in the way of salary and benefit packages. Often, it is not...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 22, 2015 | Opinion
I always enjoy attending the annual Society of Biblical Literature meeting (this year in Atlanta), but when days are long and folks get tired, it’s easy to become a bit ill. I’m not ordinarily a cantankerous person, but sometimes fall victim to grousing...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 21, 2015 | Opinion
I figure it’s always helpful to hang out with people who know more than me, and the annual American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature meeting gives me a chance to be a small shell floating around in a sea of smartness. The smartness is often...
by Jerrod Hugenot | Nov 20, 2015 | Opinion
Celebrating the “big moments” in the life of a local church or a pastor’s ministerial journey is part of my work as a regional denominational leader. I was asked recently to represent the American Baptist Churches New York State Region at two...
by Roger Olson | Nov 20, 2015 | Opinion
I agree with the late Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar that the rise of nominalism in especially Western cultures has been a “catastrophe.” As Balthasar explained in his manifesto, “The God Question and Modern Man,” nominalism led to...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Nov 19, 2015 | Opinion
Responses to the Paris attacks, after an immediate unity of shock and sympathy, have been widespread and wide-ranging. Thoughts and prayers, condolences and other expressions of sympathy were the immediate response of many faith leaders. As the shock has worn off, two...
