by John D. Pierce | Jun 29, 2015 | Opinion
By John Pierce Filmmaker Ken Burns, on a news show last week, called for a “courageous conversation” about race in light of the racially motivated murders of church members in Charleston, S.C. He referred to the legacy of the American Civil War that he captured so...
by Dennis Bickers | Jun 29, 2015 | Opinion
As I meet with the pastor search committees of smaller churches, there is usually a concern that it will be difficult to find a pastor. That concern is well founded. Most denominational leaders will tell you that one of their biggest struggles is to find pastors to...
by Timothy Gilbert | Jun 29, 2015 | Opinion
One question seems to be at the heart of Pope Francis’s encyclical: “What kind of world do we want to leave to those whom come after us, to children who are now growing up?” (section 160). The encyclical does not have to do with the environment alone...
by Michael Helms | Jun 29, 2015 | Opinion
I passed a man enjoying some shade under the pecan trees of our church parking lot on my way home for lunch last week. The door of his car was open and he looked to be relaxing and doing some reading. I almost walked by but then I stopped and spoke with him, as I was...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 28, 2015 | Opinion
The military talks about boots on the ground. Archaeologists talk about hands in the dirt. Today we are archaeologists, of a sort, as Susan and I joined the Fourth Expedition to Lachish, directed by Yosef Garfinkel of Hebrew University along with Michael Hasel and...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 27, 2015 | Opinion
By John Pierce There are those who are celebrating the Supreme Court decision on the legality of same-sex marriage. There are those who are deeply disappointed, even alarmed, by it. These persons often share the same profession of faith and even belong to the same...
