by Mike Massar | Sep 14, 2015 | Opinion
I spent a day recently with Baptist missionary Jenny Hodge at the Together For Hope ministries in Lake Providence, Louisiana, one of the poorest places in the U.S. It was an eye-opening experience, which began as I drove up. There was a man working in the mission...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 11, 2015 | Opinion
We’ve all read or heard ad nauseum about Kim Davis, the head clerk of court in Rowan County, Kentucky, who spent a few days in jail for contempt after refusing a judge’s order to comply with the law of the land and issue marriage licenses to same-sex...
by James Gordon | Sep 11, 2015 | Opinion
A combination of shadow and light, curve and line, an ascending spiral toward the light of the sky beyond the glass roof. This is what you see when you step inside the library building at Aberdeen University in Scotland and look up at the staircase. It depicts the...
by Barry Howard | Sep 11, 2015 | Opinion
When it comes to marriage, I chose wisely. I can readily identify with Winston Churchill’s assessment: “My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.” This week, my wife, Amanda, and I are celebrating our...
by Chuck Summers | Sep 11, 2015 | Opinion
Tuesday, Sept. 1, was a special day. By declaration of Pope Francis, it was the first World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. For several weeks, the current pope has been making news with his strong affirmation that we have a divine obligation to care for...
by David Bunce | Sep 10, 2015 | Opinion
More than 13,000 people arrived in Vienna as refugees two weekends ago. Many of them were clearly traumatized and in need of emergency medicine. All of them were exhausted. Some of them had started the journey by walking out of Budapest along a live motorway in the...
