by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 21, 2014 | Opinion
Does email in your inbox multiply like rabbits? Do you ever sit down to work on a project, but find yourself, two hours later, still dealing with email? Email wouldn’t be such a plague if were not also such a blessing. Provided one has Internet access, email is...
by Bill Wilson | Mar 21, 2014 | Opinion
Imagine a community in steady decline. There are fewer and fewer people and revenues are declining. Young families, especially, are missing. There is a constant chorus of longing to return to the good old days of the past. A sense of dread about the future pervades,...
by Colin Harris | Mar 21, 2014 | Opinion
I attended a recent lecture by Rabbi Reuven Firestone of Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles, who spoke on the history and features of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. His theme was that both have their roots in the broader human phenomenon of...
by Preston Clegg | Mar 21, 2014 | Opinion
A friend asked me recently if the corporate church had ever publicly denounced and repented of the sins of its past. I found this to be a novel idea, and I’ve begun thinking about the Christian church’s collective sins during the Lenten season. What would...
by William Yoder | Mar 20, 2014 | Opinion
The crisis in Ukraine could be attributed to the lack of sympathy for democratic practice. Repeated fisticuffs in Ukraine’s parliament were one indication of that deficit. Why was it not possible for the protesters on Maidan Square to wait for upcoming...
by Joel Gregory | Mar 20, 2014 | Opinion
I have learned many lessons over my past 50 years of preaching. Here are seven of the most important: 1. Confine the sermon to a text; limitation sponsors power. Water limited to the sluice of a hydroelectric generator turns the blades that create the power. Air...
