by Molly T. Marshall | Jul 1, 2015 | Opinion
The recent papal encyclical, subtitled “On Care for our Common Home,” invites the global church and other interested persons of good will to consider what is at stake in the deterioration of the environment, especially the human roots of the ecological...
by Bill Wilson | Jul 1, 2015 | Opinion
I attended recently a national gathering of Baptists that was a stark reminder of the desperate need for congregational and clergy health. It wasn’t so much that this group is any more or less healthy than other shades of Baptists or other denominations. What...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 30, 2015 | Opinion
Many years ago, I played high school football. I will never forget what the beginning of summer practice felt like: two-a-day workouts in steamy heat, pushing ourselves as hard as we could. For at least a week, we’d be sore all over from the unaccustomed strain on our...
by William Brackney | Jun 30, 2015 | Opinion
I live barely three miles from the sea. In plain view of our home are the highest tides in the world, often cresting at 55 feet. In recent years, we have watched the raising of dyke embankments, first constructed by the Acadians, by seven to 10 feet to arrest the...
by Matt Sapp | Jun 30, 2015 | Opinion
The guiding principle for every home improvement project of Tim “The Toolman” Taylor from the TV show, “Home Improvement,” was, “More power!” To him, bigger was always better, usually with comically disastrous results. Many of us...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 29, 2015 | Opinion
By John Pierce Dr. Bill Hoyt chaired the Religion and Philosophy Department at Berry College in the 1970s, when I was one of the few students on the world’s largest campus who chose such a major. It was a wonderful opportunity to benefit from a serious academic...
