by Hugh Sinclair | Jul 15, 2014 | Opinion
I bought a five-year bond issued by the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFI) in 2009. I invested £5,000 ($8,566) and received £5,810 ($9,954) a few days ago, with accumulated interest. Not the best return on capital in history, but not bad...
by Suzie Schenkel | Jul 15, 2014 | Opinion
Even in the land of sunshine, it rains. In Lebanon, approximately four months out of the year temperatures drop to below freezing and sunny skies give way to torrents of relentless rain. Bad news for those living in homes without heat and only sporadic electricity....
by Robert Parham | Jul 15, 2014 | Opinion
A Twitter hashtag promoting peace during the World Cup showed up abundantly in my TweetDeck, a tool that allows one to track tweets. The hashtag was #pauseforpeace. It was an adept idea launched by the Pontifical Council for Culture, which called for a moment of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 14, 2014 | Opinion
I’ve never been hung up on John’s Apocalypse, so a “Seven Churches of Revelation” tour was never on my bucket list, but that’s what you do when you’re a Christian pilgrim in Turkey. About 70 folk who attended the Baptist World Alliance July 6-11 – or who came over to...
by Rick Love | Jul 14, 2014 | Opinion
I recently attended a conference at the Naval War College in Rhode Island on “Religion and Security in World Affairs.” I loved the lectures and the lively interaction. Yet something deeper was being stirred in me. I couldn’t pinpoint what it was...
by Rob Hewell | Jul 14, 2014 | Opinion
The book of Acts makes clear that the work of God’s Holy Spirit will highlight, not diminish, the differences between God’s people and the rest of the world. The first nine verses of chapter 17 indicate Paul and Silas arrived in Thessalonica, where Paul...
