by Christiana Z. Peppard (The Martin Marty Center: Sightings) | Apr 23, 2015 | Opinion
Water is essential to biotic existence, and it is not a value-free substance, even as the availability of fresh, clean water is often taken for granted in the United States. In other parts of the world, billions of people lack potable water; their lives are...
by Greg Mamula | Apr 23, 2015 | Opinion
As an ordained minister in the American Baptist tradition, I am a Christian who exercises my faith through the lens of Baptist tradition and history. Baptists are about as diverse as they come. Our theology allows us to be conservative or progressive; Calvinist or...
by Jon Kuhrt | Apr 22, 2015 | Opinion
My 10-year-old son plays in a football (soccer) team in a south London league every Saturday. He is part of a great club, with dedicated coaches and he loves it. It is a very competitive league, but over the course of the season I have seen hardly any aggressive...
by Guy Sayles | Apr 22, 2015 | Opinion
The “Book of Common Prayer” includes a grateful and humble acknowledgment of “this fragile earth, our island home.” It’s a moving phrase; and, on this Earth Day, I pray that we will love this fragile earth with courageous and tender love,...
by David Brattston | Apr 22, 2015 | Opinion
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the U.S. Supreme Court once said, “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” It is also what we pay for the privilege of being disciples of Jesus Christ. From its beginning, the Christian faith has commanded us to pay...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 21, 2015 | Opinion
You never know what a day will bring. My brother Don was headed to work on Monday morning, despite being so sick he should have stayed home. Along an isolated stretch of road he apparently passed out, hit a culvert, destroyed his truck — and broke his neck,...
