by Robert Parham | Nov 16, 2015 | Opinion
As soon as reports appeared on the Paris attacks, the global faith community turned to Twitter to express solidarity for those who suffered and to pray for the victims and their families. Catholic News Agency offered an early tweet: “Join us as we...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 13, 2015 | Opinion
You know you’re getting up there when the concert artists you want to see are in their 70s. I was a fan of Don McClean even before “American Pie,” and when I saw last year that he would be performing at the Carolina Theatre in Durham, I was all over...
by David W. T. Brattston | Nov 13, 2015 | Opinion
Would you like to spend eternity knee-deep in a lake of puss, blood and boiling muck? Or held in the same contempt as forgers, dishonest lawyers, thieves, murderers and oppressors of the poor? You will, according to early Christian writings, if you practice usury. The...
by Elizabeth Evans Hagan | Nov 13, 2015 | Opinion
While in the religion section of Barnes and Noble recently, I found two books that struck me as indicative of America at this juncture. One was titled “Why the Christian Right Is Wrong,” and the other was “God’s Own Party: The Making of the...
by Jon Kuhrt | Nov 13, 2015 | Opinion
When Christians talk to others about Jesus, it is more likely to turn them off than attract them. This conclusion, highlighted by The Guardian, was one finding in “Talking Jesus,” a Church of England report published last week. So how can Christians share...
by Martin Accad | Nov 12, 2015 | Opinion
Would you believe it? It turns out that more than 12 conferences and consultations have already been organized by international Islamic bodies in order to condemn the behavior of ISIS in the year following the group’s emergence in the summer of 2014. Even though...
