by Nick Lear | Jun 17, 2019 | Opinion
In order to make a recent online order up to the amount that qualified for free delivery, I bought a Rubik’s cube. When they first came out, I was a teenager and I got hold of one. I learned how to solve it and spent a lot of free time trying to solve it as quickly as...
by Mitch Randall | Jun 14, 2019 | Opinion
The U.S. church needs a reality check. We have a problem. For 2,000 years, the Western church has been dominated by a white European patriarchy that has created a self-perpetuating system for a favored class. This system, which continues to exist, has empowered a...
by Laura Landgraf | Jun 14, 2019 | Opinion
I am 6 today. The old farmhouse is filled with the scent of cinnamon and maple syrup. French toast is my birthday request. I dress with care and clumsily tie a ribbon in my ponytail. A shiver of anticipation tickles my tummy on my way to the stairs. I wish there was a...
by Derek S. Dodson | Jun 14, 2019 | Opinion
It seems the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is still dealing with the “problem” of women in the church. The present dust-up started with famed SBC figure, Beth Moore, tweeting that she would be preaching at a certain church on Mother’s Day. Now, Moore is not an...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 13, 2019 | Opinion
For those attending the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly in Birmingham next week, please join us for the release of a new Healthy Church Resources book: Call Stories: Hearing and Responding to God’s Call Barry Howard, Editor Wednesday, June 19, at 9 PM...
by Ron Rolheiser | Jun 13, 2019 | Opinion
Most of us have been raised to believe we have right to possess whatever comes to us honestly, either through our own work or through legitimate inheritance. No matter how large that wealth might be, it’s ours, as long as we didn’t cheat anyone along the way. By and...
