by Robert Parham | Dec 29, 2014 | Opinion
Don Sewell is EthicsDaily.com’s pick as Baptist of the Year for 2014. He is the director of Faith in Action Initiatives (FIA) at Baylor Scott and White Health (BSWH) in Dallas, which has been shipping containers of medical supplies and equipment to trouble zones...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 28, 2014 | Opinion
The New York Times ran an article by Dennis Overbye this week, posing a question that’s not particularly new, but increasingly apropos. As advanced astronomical instruments continue to scan the universe from both earth and from space, the presence of many other...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 26, 2014 | Opinion
The founding era of the United States was no less divided and conflicted than the Washington we find so frustrating today. During the revolutionary years, people loyal to Great Britain made up as much as 20 percent of the population. Colonies were reluctant to...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 24, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Where did we get the idea that Christmas should be perfect? That’s easy to answer: Christmas stories, Christmas songs, Christmas movies, Christmas greeting cards, Martha Stewart. Often we can end up with the false notion that a proper Christmas should...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 24, 2014 | Opinion
I’ve always liked wordplay. During the 26 years I served as a pastor, few Christmas seasons passed that did not find me sermonizing on the importance of presence over presents. I still think about it, amidst all of the packages we buy or make and wrap in pretty...
by Elmo Familiaran | Dec 24, 2014 | Opinion
An often-sung hymn during this season is “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” adapted from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The murder of two New York Police Department officers in Brooklyn, New York, that has shaken our nation, which is still...
