by Hugh Hollowell | Feb 23, 2015 | Opinion
Grady was sitting in a rocking chair in the church nursery, holding a stuffed animal in his hands, with tears streaming down his face. It was the only quiet place available. “It’s all gone. I’m 58 years old, and it’s all gone. I’ve lost...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 20, 2015 | Opinion
Please join us for the 15th annual Judson-Rice Award Dinner honoring church historian Bill Leonard. The event will begin at 6pm on Friday, April 24, at Bridger Field House at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Reservations can be made here or by calling...
by Wissam al-Saliby | Feb 20, 2015 | Opinion
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is investigating alleged crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territories since June 2014. Israel condemned this move. Hamas welcomed it, even though its actions will also be under ICC scrutiny. The announcement drew the...
by Chuck Summers | Feb 20, 2015 | Opinion
Joan Chittister’s “The Monastery of the Heart” provides much wisdom about our need to care for and preserve creation. Her reflections in a chapter called “Co-Creation” are particularly insightful and needed in a world that too often sees...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 19, 2015 | Opinion
Stanley Hauerwas is not a Baptist, but sometimes he acts like one — often by criticizing them — and some of his targets have appreciated the feedback. Hauerwas, the Gilbert T. Rowe Emeritus Professor of Divinity and Law at Duke University, is a noted...
by Joe LaGuardia | Feb 19, 2015 | Opinion
Younger adults – people from 18 to 35 years old – have a bad reputation in many circles. “Kids these days,” people say, “don’t take responsibility, and they don’t know how to work hard.” Sometimes this criticism is accurate,...
