by Logan Carpenter | May 4, 2015 | Opinion
One of my former youth approached me in the fall of 2010 and said, “Hey, I’ve been thinking I need to get into a program or something.” McKenna was 19 at the time. We had never discussed his drug and alcohol use previously, but it wasn’t a...
by James Gordon | May 4, 2015 | Opinion
The tragedy of the Mediterranean migrants became a political character attack in the United Kingdom recently. It appears that the pursuit of power in this country has become a dirty, corrupting, frantic ego-fest, driven by the greed of vested interests, divisive...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 1, 2015 | Opinion
When disaster strikes, no matter where, you can count on N.C. Baptist Men (NCBM) being there. Just two days after a devastating earthquake struck the country of Nepal, two NCBM representatives were on the ground, working in partnership with Hungarian Baptist Aid to...
by Christina Embree | May 1, 2015 | Opinion
“Mom, did you hear about the earthquake? The news said thousands of people died.” If you have not heard a variation of this question recently, you probably will soon. As news of this devastating earthquake continues to flood all forms of media, it is...
by Jonty Langley | May 1, 2015 | Opinion
Afropessimism. The word may be unfamiliar, but the concept won’t be. It’s the perfect description of that view we’ve probably all encountered: that Africa is a “basket case,” a single, hopeless country, a seething pit of hunger,...
by James Ellis III | Apr 30, 2015 | Opinion
I am tired of all of the uproar and unrest in Baltimore. I understand how layer upon layer of unaddressed injustice over time can make people frustrated enough to behave irrationally. Sustained neglect to this degree is easier to dismiss or keep on the periphery of...
